Judges 20:22

22 But the men of Israel cheered each other on. They again took up their positions in the places where they had been 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 The men of Israel went out to fight against the men of Benjamin. They took up their battle positions against them at Gibeah.
21 The men of Benjamin came out of Gibeah. They killed 22,000 men of Israel on the field of battle that day.
22 But the men of Israel cheered each other on. They again took up their positions in the places where they had been the first day.
23 The men of Israel went and sobbed in the sight of the LORD until evening. They spoke to the Lord. They asked, "Should we go up again to fight against the men of Benjamin? They are our fellow Israelites." The LORD answered, "Go up and fight against them."
24 The men of Israel came near the men of Benjamin on the second day.
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