Hakim-hakim 20:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lalu orang Israel berangkat dan maju ke Betel. Di sana mereka bertanya kepada Allah: "Siapakah dari kami yang lebih dahulu maju berperang melawan bani Benyamin?" Jawab TUHAN: "Suku Yehudalah lebih dahulu."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu orang Israel berangkat dan maju ke Betel. Di sana mereka bertanya kepada Allah: "Siapakah dari kami yang lebih dahulu maju berperang melawan bani Benyamin?" Jawab TUHAN: "Suku Yehudalah lebih dahulu."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka berangkatlah segala bani Israel, lalu berjalan ke hulu, ke Bait-Ullah, maka mereka itupun bertanyakan Allah, sembahnya: Siapakah dari pada kami akan pergi dahulu berperang dengan bani Benyamin? Maka firman Tuhan: Yehuda dahulu.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose, and wet vp to the house of God, and asked of God, saying: Whiche of vs shall go vp first to the battel against the children of Beniamin? And the Lorde sayd: Iuda shall begin. ¹⁹ And the children of Israel stoode vp early, and camped against Gibea. ²⁰ And the men of Israel went out to battell against Beniamin, and the men of Israel put the selues in aray to fight against them, beside Gibea. ²¹ And the children of Beniamin came out of Gibea, and destroyed downe to the ground of the Israelites that day twentie and two thousand men. ²² And the people the men of Israel plucked vp their heartes, and set their battel againe in aray, in the same place where they dyd the first day. ²³ (And the children of Israel went vp, and wept before the Lorde vnto euen, and asked of the Lord, saying: Shal we go agayne to battell against the children of Beniamin our brethre? And the Lord sayde: Go vp against them.) ²⁴ And the children of Israel came neare against the children of Beniamin the seconde day. ²⁵ And the children of Beniamin went against them out of Gibea the seconde day, and destroyed to the earth of the childre of Israel once againe eyghteene thousand men that drewe swordes euerie man of them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

house of: Judges 18:31, Judges 19:18, Joshua 18:1, Joel 1:14

asked: Judges 20:7, Judges 20:23, Judges 20:26, Judges 20:27, Judges 1:1, Numbers 27:5, Numbers 27:21, Joshua 9:14

Judah: Judges 1:1, Judges 1:2, Genesis 49:8-10

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:30 - General Judges 20:1 - unto the Judges 21:2 - the house Judges 21:12 - virgins 1 Samuel 10:22 - inquired 1 Samuel 14:18 - Bring hither 1 Samuel 14:37 - Shall I go 1 Samuel 30:8 - inquired 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Kings 3:11 - that we may Proverbs 20:18 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 12:17
But the Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe.

Genesis 16:2
And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

Genesis 20:7
Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, [both thou] and all that thou hast.

Genesis 30:2
And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?

1 Samuel 1:6
And her enemie [Phenenna] vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren.

1 Samuel 5:10
Therfore they sent the arke of God to Acaron: and assoone as the arke of God came to Acaron, the Acaronites cryed out, saying: They haue brought the arke of the God of Israel to vs, to slea vs, and our people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel arose,.... From Mizpeh, where they were assembled, having heard that the Benjaminites were gathered together to defend the men of Gibeah:

and went up to the house of God; to the tabernacle which was in Shiloh,

Judges 18:31, see Joshua 18:1 though the Targum takes Bethel for the name of a place so called; and so do Ben Gersom and Josephus p, which was near Shiloh, for Shiloh is said to be on the north side of Bethel,

Judges 21:19 but as there is no reason to believe the tabernacle was now removed from Shiloh thither, so it is not likely they would go to any other place but where the tabernacle ark, and high priest were:

and asked counsel of God; before Phinehas the high priest, according to the judgment of Urim and Thummim, Judges 20:28

and said which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? there being no supreme magistrate, judge, or general, to lead them; they did not ask whether they should go to war or no with their brethren; they made no doubt of that, taking it for granted they had sufficient reason for so doing, and that it was according to the will of God; nor did they inquire whether they should be victorious or not, they made no doubt of being victorious, both from their superior numbers, and the justness of their cause; they only inquire who should lead them on, having no general; and this they might do, to prevent any contentions among them about being precedence:

and the Lord said, Judah shall go up first: which tribe pitched their standard first about the tabernacle, and marched first in their journeys in the wilderness, and was ordered to go up first and fight the Canaanites, being a powerful and warlike tribe.

p Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 10.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Went up to the house of God - It should be “to Bethel.” At this time the ark was at Bethel (compare 1 Samuel 10:3), and not at Shiloh. It is not unlikely that though Shiloh was the chief residence of the ark Jeremiah 7:12, yet the tabernacle, being moveable, was, either at stated times, or as occasion required, moved to where the Judge resided, or the congregation assembled (compare 1 Samuel 7:16). On the present occasion the ark may have been moved to Bethel for the convenience of proximity to the great national council at Mizpeh.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 20:18. Went up to the house of God — Some think that a deputation was sent from Shiloh, where Phinehas the high priest was, to inquire, not concerning the expediency of the war, nor of its success, but which of the tribes should begin the attack. Having so much right on their side, they had no doubt of the justice of their cause. Having such a superiority of numbers, they had no doubt of success. See Clarke on Jud 20:1.

And the Lord said, Judah — But he did not say that they should conquer.