士师记 20:13

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

現在你們要把那些人，基比亞的無賴之徒，交出來，我們好處死他們，從以色列中除掉這惡。”只是便雅憫人卻不肯聽從他們的兄弟以色列人的話。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
现 在 你 们 要 将 基 比 亚 的 那 些 匪 徒 交 出 来 ， 我 们 好 治 死 他 们 ， 从 以 色 列 中 除 掉 这 恶 。 便 雅 悯 人 却 不 肯 听 从 他 们 弟 兄 以 色 列 人 的 话 。

Contextual Overview

¹² The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin demanding, "What is this evil thing some of your men have done? ¹³ Hand over the wicked men in Gibeah so that we can put them to death. We must remove this evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites. ¹⁴ The Benjaminites left their own cities and met at Gibeah to fight the Israelites. ¹⁵ In only one day the Benjaminites got 26,000 soldiers together who were trained with swords. They also had 700 chosen men from Gibeah. ¹⁶ Seven hundred of these trained soldiers were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss! ¹⁷ The Israelites, except for the Benjaminites, gathered 400,000 soldiers with swords.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

deliver: 2 Samuel 20:21, 2 Samuel 20:22

children of Belial: Judges 19:22, Deuteronomy 13:13, 1 Samuel 30:22, 2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Samuel 23:6, 1 Kings 21:13, 2 Chronicles 13:7

put away: Deuteronomy 17:7, Deuteronomy 17:12, Deuteronomy 19:19, Deuteronomy 21:21, Deuteronomy 22:21, Deuteronomy 22:24, Deuteronomy 24:7, Ecclesiastes 11:10

would not: 1 Samuel 2:25, 2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 25:20, Proverbs 29:1, Hosea 9:9, Hosea 10:9, Romans 1:32, Revelation 18:4, Revelation 18:5, The conduct of the Israelites was very equitable in this demand; but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice. However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply corrupted, and - all their advantages considered as ripe for divine vengeance as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been. Confiding in their own valour and military skill, they seen to have first prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior numbers.

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
The Lord said to Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land I will show you.

Genesis 12:9
After this, he traveled on toward southern Canaan.

Genesis 20:3
But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You will die. The woman you took is married."

Genesis 20:5
Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister,' and she also said, ‘He is my brother.' I am innocent. I did not know I was doing anything wrong."

Genesis 20:11
Then Abraham answered, "I thought no one in this place respected God and that someone would kill me to get Sarah.

1 Samuel 23:21
Saul answered, "The Lord bless you for helping me.

Psalms 64:5
They encourage each other to do wrong. They talk about setting traps, thinking no one will see them.

Acts 5:9
Peter said to her, "Why did you and your husband agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

Hebrews 11:8
It was by faith Abraham obeyed God's call to go to another place God promised to give him. He left his own country, not knowing where he was to go.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now, therefore, deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah,.... Those wicked men that were the authors of that abominable wickedness there committed:

that we may put them to death; as they deserved, since they were guilty both of adultery and murder; their meaning is, that they in conjunction with the tribe of Benjamin might condemn them to death and punish them with it, as their crime deserved:

and put away evil from Israel; prevent both the spread of such a sinful evil in the nation, encouraged by such examples, and the evil of punishment coming upon them from God, should they let such wickedness pass with impunity:

but the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel; they refused to give up the men of Gibeah, that had been guilty of such great wickedness; reckoning it a reproach, as Josephus f says, to obey the commands of others, for fear of war, and unwilling to yield to any in arms, neither on account of multitude nor courage.

f Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 20:13. Deliver us the men — Nothing could be fairer than this. They wish only to make the murderers answerable for their guilt.

Benjamin would not hearken — Thus making their whole tribe partakers of the guilt of the men of Gibeah. By not delivering up those bad men, they in effect said: "We will stand by them in what they have done, and would have acted the same part had we been present." This proves that the whole tribe was excessively depraved.