Judges 20:22

22 But Israel's troops got reinforcements. They formed their battle line where they had formed it on the first day.

Judges 20:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:22

And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves
That though they had lost a great number of men, yet still their forces were large and greatly superior to those of Benjamin, and above all their cause was good:

and set their battle again in array
formed a line of battle again facing their enemy, inviting to another battle, and bidding defiance:

and in the place where they put themselves in array the first day;
by which it seems they kept the field of battle; though they lost so many men, they did not flee before the children of Benjamin, but stood their ground; nor were they so superstitious as to fancy the place unlucky; nor was it a bad situation they were in, to which their want of success was owing, for then they would have changed it.

Judges 20:22 In-Context

20 So the men of Israel went to war with the men of Benjamin. The Israelites formed their battle line facing Gibeah.
21 That day the men of Benjamin came out from Gibeah. They slaughtered 22,000 of Israel's men.
22 But Israel's troops got reinforcements. They formed their battle line where they had formed it on the first day.
23 The Israelites went and cried in the presence of the LORD until evening. They asked the LORD, "Should we continue to wage war against our close relatives, the men of Benjamin?" The LORD answered, "Go fight them!"
24 On the second day the Israelite troops advanced against Benjamin.
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