Judges Chapter 20 verse 35 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) Destroyed of the Benjamites . . .--Here again we have a summary of the final result, followed by details, in a manner which proves either that the narrative was compiled from various sources (one of which seems to have been a poem), or that it was penned before the "periodic style" of history (lexis katestrammene) had been invented. If written consecutively, and not compiled, the writer must have been one whose method bore the same resemblance to that of later writers, as the style of Hellanicus did to that of Herodotus and Thucydides. It is the style to which Roman writers would have applied the epithet inconditus--the style of the oldest annals. Judges 20:36-46 are not, as has been conjectured by some writers, necessarily a different account of the battle, but contain a loose assemblage of details, which has been added to explain the general result.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe LORDיְהוָ֥ה ׀ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israeldefeatedוַיִּגֹּ֨ף (way·yig·gōp̄)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflictBenjaminבִּנְיָמִן֮ (bin·yā·min)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelitesin the presenceלִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructStrong's 6440: The faceof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ (yiś·rā·’êl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his descand on thatהַה֔וּא (ha·hū)Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, aredayבַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3117: A daythe Israelitesבְנֵ֨י (ḇə·nê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sonslaughteredוַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ (way·yaš·ḥî·ṯū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin25,100עֶשְׂרִ֨ים (‘eś·rîm)Number - common pluralStrong's 6242: Twenty, twentiethBenjamites,בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ (bə·ḇin·yā·min)Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelitesallכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyarmedשֹׁ֥לֵף (šō·lêp̄)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 8025: To pull out, up, offwith swords.חָֽרֶב׃ (ḥā·reḇ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordJump to PreviousArmed Benjamin Benjaminites Benjamites Children Defeated Destroyed Draw Drawing Drew Hundred Israel Israelites Smiteth Smote Struck Sudden Sword Swords Swordsmen Thousand Twenty Twenty-Five