Giudici 20:48

La Riveduta Bibbia

Poi gl’Israeliti tornarono contro i figliuoli di Beniamino, li sconfissero mettendoli a fil di spada, dagli abitanti delle città al bestiame, a tutto quel che capitava loro; e dettero alle fiamme tutte le città che trovarono.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Poi glIsraeliti tornarono contro i figli di Beniamino e passarono a fil di spada lintera citt, compreso il bestiame e tutto ci che trovavano; e diedero alle fiamme tutte le citt che trovavano.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Poi gl’Israeliti ritornarono a’ figliuoli di Beniamino, e li percossero, e li misero a fil di spada, così le persone ch’erano nella città, come le bestie, e tutto ciò che si ritrovò; misero eziandio a fuoco e fiamma tutte le città che si ritrovarono.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

smote them: Deuteronomy 13:15-17, 2 Chronicles 25:13, 2 Chronicles 28:6-9, Proverbs 18:19

came to hand: Heb. was found

they came to: Heb. were found

Reciprocal: Judges 21:23 - repaired

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin,.... After they had destroyed their army, the city of Gibeah, and the inhabitants of it: not content with this, in their wrath and fury, turned and went,

and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city; even men, women, and children, in every city of Benjamin, at least all that lay in their way; and which they might do to be avenged on them, for sending out their militia against them, which had made such a slaughter among them to the loss of 40,000 men, or to fulfil their oath, that such who came not to Mizpeh should be put to death; for which reason also the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead, as well as of the cities of Benjamin, were put to death, men, women, and children, dealing in the same severity with them as with the Canaanitish nations, or as with a city given to idolatry:

as the beast, and all that came to hand; spared no living creature, herds and flocks:

also they set on fire all the cities that they came unto; which belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, so exceedingly wroth were they with them, for protecting such that had been the authors of such abominable wickedness, and for the loss of the lives of so many valuable men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They treated Benjamin as devoted to utter destruction, as Jericho had been Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:21, and the whole tribe was all but actually extirpated. We see in the punishment inflicted the same ferocity which marked both the crime and the Levite’s mode of requiring vengeance.