Jueces 20:21

21 Pero los hijos de Benjamín salieron de Guibeá y derribaron por tierra en aquel día veintidós mil hombres de Israel.

Jueces 20:21 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:21

And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah
Which was their place of rendezvous, and which they came to defend; and in and about which they had stationed their whole army of 26,000 men:

and destroyed down to the ground:
killed dead upon the spot:

of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men;
wanting but 4000 of their whole number, excepting the men of Gibeah, which was such a rebuff the Israelites did not expect, being engaged in so just a cause, and having such a numerous army. Several Jewish, writers F17 think this was on account of their idolatry, that though they were very zealous to revenge corporeal adultery in the case of the Levite's concubine, and to remove such iniquity from Israel; yet were not zealous to revenge and put away spiritual adultery or idolatry in the case of the Danites, who had set up the image of Micah, and so had spread idolatry not only in their own tribe, but throughout Israel; and therefore God took this opportunity to avenge his own quarrel, and rebuke them for their sin; and now did Benjamin raven as a wolf, according to Jacob's prophecy, ( Genesis 49:27 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F17 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 103. 2. Pirke Eliezer, c. 28. Jarchi & Kimchi in loc.

Jueces 20:21 In-Context

19 Los hijos de Israel se levantaron por la mañana y acamparon contra Guibeá.
20 Y los hombres de Israel salieron a combatir contra Benjamín, y los hombres de Israel se pusieron en orden de batalla contra ellos en Guibeá.
21 Pero los hijos de Benjamín salieron de Guibeá y derribaron por tierra en aquel día veintidós mil hombres de Israel.
22 Pero el pueblo, los hombres de Israel, se reanimaron, y se pusieron otra vez en orden de batalla en el lugar donde se habían puesto el primer día.
23 Y subieron los hijos de Israel y lloraron delante del SEÑOR hasta la noche, y consultaron al SEÑOR, diciendo: ¿Nos acercaremos otra vez para combatir contra los hijos de mi hermano Benjamín? Y el SEÑOR dijo: Subid contra él.
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