Giudici 20:22

22 Il popolo, gli uomini d’Israele, ripresero animo, si disposero di nuovo in ordine di battaglia, nel luogo ove s’eran disposti il primo giorno.

Giudici 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.

Giudici 20:22 In-Context

20 E gli uomini d’Israele uscirono per combattere contro Beniamino, e si disposero in ordine di battaglia contro di loro, presso Ghibea.

21 Allora i figliuoli di Beniamino s’avanzarono da Ghibea, e in quel giorno stesero morti al suolo ventiduemila uomini d’Israele.

22 Il popolo, gli uomini d’Israele, ripresero animo, si disposero di nuovo in ordine di battaglia, nel luogo ove s’eran disposti il primo giorno.

23 E i figliuoli d’Israele salirono e piansero davanti all’Eterno fino alla sera; e consultarono l’Eterno, dicendo: "Debbo io seguitare a combattere contro i figliuoli di Beniamino mio fratello?" L’Eterno rispose: "Salite contro di loro".

24 I figliuoli d’Israele vennero a battaglia coi figliuoli di Beniamino una seconda volta.