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Louis Segond

Juges 20:40

Cependant une épaisse colonne de fumée commençait à s'élever de la ville. Les Benjamites regardèrent derrière eux; et voici, de la ville entière les flammes montaient vers le ciel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambush;   Armies;   Strategy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Cities;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Pillar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ambush;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Marriage;   Pillar;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Pillar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ascend;   Flame;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pillar;   War;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Mais quand une colonne de fumée s'éleva et commença à monter de la ville, ceux de Benjamin regardèrent derrière eux, et voici, la ville entière montait en feu vers le ciel;
Darby's French Translation
Et quand l'incendie commença à monter de la ville comme une colonne de fumée, Benjamin se tourna en arrière, et voici, toute la ville montait en fumée vers les cieux.
La Bible David Martin (1744)
Mais quand la fumée qui avait été élevée, commença à monter de la ville comme une colonne de fumée, Benjamin regarda derrière soi, et voici toute la ville montait en feu vers le ciel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a pillar: Genesis 19:28, Song of Solomon 3:6, Joel 2:30, Revelation 19:3

looked: Joshua 8:20

flame: Heb. whole consumption

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:24 - smote the 2 Kings 6:20 - opened

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke,.... Fire being set to it by the liers in wait, who had entered it, and who made a large fire, which caused a vast pillar of flame and smoke to arise, which might be seen a great way off:

the Benjamites looked behind them; perhaps at hearing the blowing of the trumpet, and the long sound of that:

and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven; went upwards, and reached to a great height.


 
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