Shìshījì 20:37

37 Fú bīng jímáng chuǎng jìn jī bǐ yà , yòng dāo shā sǐ quán chéng de rén .

Shìshījì 20:37 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:37

And the liers in wait hasted
When the time was come agreed upon for them to rise out of their ambush:

and rushed upon Gibeah;
at unawares, with great force and violence entered the city, and took possession of it; or "extended" ^F24, or spread themselves unto it; before they lay close in a narrow compass, but now they put themselves in a regular order, and marched rank and file, and reached from the meadows in which they were, ( Judges 20:33 ) , to the city:

and the liers in wait drew themselves along;
along the city, in every part of it, spread themselves all over it, and made themselves masters of every corner of it; or "made a long sound" ^F25 with a trumpet, protracted that to a great length, which was done to terrify the inhabitants, or to let the Israelites know they were possessed of the city:

and smote all the city with the edge of the sword;
old men, women, and children, who were not able to bear arms.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (wjvpy) "extenderunt se", Tigurine version.
F25 (Kvmy) "pertraxerunt buccinae sonitum", Paguninus; so Jarchi and Limchi.

Shìshījì 20:37 In-Context

35 Yēhéhuá shǐ Yǐsèliè rén shā baì Biànyǎmǐn rén . nà rì , Yǐsèliè rén shā sǐ Biànyǎmǐn rén èr wàn wǔ qiā yī bǎi , dōu shì ná dāo de .

36 Yúshì Biànyǎmǐn rén zhīdào zìjǐ baì le . xiān shì Yǐsèliè rén . yīnwei kào zhe zaì jī bǐ yà qián suǒ shè de fú bīng , jiù zaì Biànyǎmǐn rén miànqián sǎo baì .

37 Fú bīng jímáng chuǎng jìn jī bǐ yà , yòng dāo shā sǐ quán chéng de rén .

38 Yǐsèliè rén yùxiān tóng fú bīng yuēdéng zaì chéng neì fàng huǒ , yǐ yān qì shàng téng wèi hào .

39 Yǐsèliè rén lín tuì zhèn de shíhou , Biànyǎmǐn rén dòngshǒu shā sǐ Yǐsèliè rén , yuē yǒu sān shí gè , jiù shuō , tāmen réng xiàng qián cì beì wǒmen shā baì le .