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Jueces 20:1
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Entonces salieron todos los hijos de Israel, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, incluyendo la tierra de Galaad, y la congregación se reunió al Señor como un solo hombre en Mizpa.
ENTONCES salieron todos los hijos de Israel, y reunise la congregacin como un solo hombre, desde Dan hasta Beer-seba y la tierra de Galaad, Jehov en Mizpa.
Entonces salieron todos los hijos de Israel, y se reuni la congregacin como un solo hombre, desde Dan hasta Beerseba y la tierra de Galaad, a Jehov en Mizpa.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Then all: Judges 20:2, Judges 20:8, Judges 20:11, Judges 21:5, Deuteronomy 13:12-18, Joshua 22:12
as one man: 1 Samuel 11:7, 1 Samuel 11:8, 2 Samuel 19:14, Ezra 3:1, Nehemiah 8:1
from Dan: Judges 18:29, 1 Samuel 3:20, 2 Samuel 3:10, 2 Samuel 24:2, 1 Chronicles 21:2, 2 Chronicles 30:5
with the: Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:40, Joshua 17:1, 2 Samuel 2:9
unto the: Judges 20:18, Judges 20:26, Judges 11:11
in Mizpeh: Judges 10:17, Judges 11:11, Joshua 15:38, Joshua 18:26, 1 Samuel 7:5, 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 10:17, 2 Kings 25:23, It does not appear that the Israelites on this occasion, were summoned by the authority of any one common head, but they came together by the consent and agreement, as it were, of one common heart, fired with a holy zeal for the honour of God and Israel. The place of their meeting was Mizpeh; they gathered together unto the Lord there; for Mizpeh was so very near to Shiloh, that their encampment might very well be supposed to reach from Mizpeh to Shiloh. Shiloh was a small town, and therefore, when there was a general meeting of the people to present themselves before God, they chose Mizpeh for their head quarters, which was the next adjoining city of note; perhaps, because they were not willing to give that trouble to Shiloh, which so great an assembly would occasion; it being the residence of the priests that attended the tabernacle.
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - Dan Genesis 21:31 - Beersheba Genesis 22:19 - to Beersheba Genesis 26:23 - Beersheba Joshua 11:3 - land Judges 21:1 - had sworn 2 Samuel 17:11 - all Israel 1 Kings 4:25 - from Dan 1 Kings 12:29 - Dan 2 Kings 23:8 - Beersheba 2 Chronicles 16:4 - Dan 2 Chronicles 19:4 - Beersheba Nehemiah 3:15 - Mizpah Nehemiah 11:27 - General Jeremiah 4:15 - a voice Jeremiah 8:16 - was heard Jeremiah 40:6 - Mizpah Hosea 9:9 - Gibeah
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then all the children of Israel went out,.... Of their tribes, cities, habitations, not every individual of them, but some of the chief of them, with a select company with them:
and the congregation was gathered together as one man; with as much unanimity and ease met together in one place, at the same time, as if only one man had been pitched upon and deputed for that purpose:
from Dan even to Beersheba, from the city Dan, lately built, which was in the most northern parts of the land of Canaan, to Beersheba, a city in the most southern part, which included all the tribes in the land of Canaan, who all, excepting Benjamin, assembled:
with the land of Gilead; which lay on the other side Jordan, inhabited by the two tribes of Reuben and Dan, and the half tribe of Manasseh, who also came on this occasion:
unto the Lord in Mizpeh; a city which lay upon the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and is therefore assigned to them both, Joshua 15:38 for this was not Mizpeh in the land of Gilead, but a city near to Shiloh; and, according to Fuller b, eight miles from Gibeah, and so was a convenient place to meet at: it is not to be thought the tribes met here, by a secret impulse upon their minds, but by a summons of some principal persons in one of the tribes, very probably in the tribe of Ephraim, where the Levite dwelt, and in which was the tabernacle of the Lord, and of which the last supreme magistrate was, namely, Joshua; and all having notice of the occasion of it, met very readily; and because they assembled in the name and fear of God, and it was in the cause of God, and as a solemn assembly, a judicial one, in which God was usually present, they are said to be gathered unto him, and the rather, as they sought for direction and counsel from him in the affair before them.
b Pisah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 259.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The “congregation” is the technical term for the whole community of the Israelite people. Its occurrence here is an indication of the early date of these transactions.
From Dan to Beer-sheba - We cannot safely infer from this expression that the settlement of Dan, recorded in Judges 18:0 had taken place at this time. It only proves that in the writer’s time, from Dan to Beer-sheba was a proverbial expression for all Israel (compare the marginal reference).
With the land of Gilead - Meaning all the trans-Jordanic tribes; mentioned particularly, both to show that the whole congregation of the children of Israel, in its widest meaning, took part in the council, and also because of Jabesh-Gilead Judges 21:8, Judges 21:10.
Unto the Lord in Mizpeh - The phrase “unto the Lord”, implies the presence of the tabernacle (Judges 11:11 note). Mizpeh in Benjamin Joshua 18:26, from its connection with Bethel and Ramah, is probably meant here. It is the same as that which appears as a place of national assembly in 1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 10:17; 2 Kings 25:23-25. It must have been near Shiloh and Gibeah, and in the north of Benjamin. The Benjamites were duly summoned with the other tribes; so that their absence was contumacious Judges 20:3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XX
The heads of the eleven tribes come before the Lord in Mizpeh,
and examine the Levite relative to the murder of his wife, who
gives a simple narrative of the whole affair, 1-7.
They unanimously resolve to avenge the wrong, and make provision
for a campaign against the Benjamites, 8-11.
They desire the Benjamites to deliver up the murderers; they
refuse, and prepare for battle, having assembled an army of
twenty-six thousand seven hundred men, 12-16.
The rest of the Israelites amount to four hundred thousand, who,
taking counsel of God, agree to send the tribe of Judah against
the Benjamites, 17, 18.
They attack the Benjamites, and are routed with the loss of
twenty-two thousand men, 19-21.
They renew the battle next day, and are discomfited with the
loss of eighteen thousand men, 22-25.
They weep, fast, and pray, and offer sacrifices; and again
inquire of the Lord, who promises to deliver Benjamin into
their hands, 26-28.
They concert plans, attack the Benjamites, and rout them,
killing twenty-five thousand one hundred men, and destroy the
city of Gibeah, 29-37.
A recapitulation of the different actions in which they were
killed, 38-46.
Six hundred men escape to the rock Rimmon, 47.
The Israelites destroy all the cities of the Benjamites, 48.
NOTES ON CHAP. XX
Verse Judges 20:1. Unto the Lord in Mizpeh. — This city was situated on the confines of Judah and Benjamin, and is sometimes attributed to the one, sometimes to the other. It seems that there was a place here in which the Lord was consulted, as well as at Shiloh; in 1Mac 3:46, we read, In Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel. These two passages cast light on each other.
Some think that Shiloh is meant, because the ark was there; but the phrase before the Lord may signify no more than meeting in the name of God to consult him, and make prayer and supplication. Wherever God's people are, there is God himself; and it ever was true, that wherever two or three were assembled in his name, he was in the midst of them.
