Shìshījì 20

1 Yúshì Yǐsèliè cóng dàn dào Bièshìbā , yǐjí zhù Jīliè dì de zhòngrén dōu chūlai , rútóng yī rén , jùjí zaì Mǐsībā Yēhéhuá miànqián .
2 Yǐsèliè mín de shǒulǐng , jiù shì gè zhīpaì de jūnzhǎng , dōu zhàn zaì shén bǎixìng de huì zhōng . ná dāo de bù bīng gōng yǒu sì shí wàn .
3 Yǐsèliè rén shàng dào Mǐsībā , Biànyǎmǐn rén dōu tīngjian le . Yǐsèliè rén shuō , qǐng nǐ jiāng zhè jiàn è shì de qíngyóu duì wǒmen shuō míng .
4 Nà Lìwèi rén , jiù shì beì haì zhī fùrén de zhàngfu , huídá shuō , wǒ hé wǒde qiè dào le Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà zhù sù .
5 Jī bǐ yà rén yè jiān qǐlai , wéi le wǒ zhù de fángzi , xiǎng yào shā wǒ , yòu jiāng wǒde qiè qiáng jiān zhì sǐ .
6 Wǒ jiù bǎ wǒ qiè de shī shēn qiē chéng kuaì zǐ , shǐ rén ná zhe chuánsòng Yǐsèliè dé wèi yè de quán dì , yīnwei jī bǐ yà rén zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng xíng le xiōng yín chǒu è de shì .
7 Nǐmen Yǐsèliè rén dōu dāng chóu huá shāngyì .
8 Zhòng mín dōu qǐlai rútóng yī rén , shuō , wǒmen lián yī rén dōu bú huí zìjǐ zhàngpéng , zìjǐ fángwū qù .
9 Wǒmen xiàng jī bǐ yà rén bì zhèyàng xíng , zhào suǒ chè de qiā qù gōngjī tāmen .
10 Wǒmen yào zaì Yǐsèliè gè zhīpaì zhōng , yī bǎi rén tiǎo qǔ shí rén , yī qiā rén tiǎo qǔ bǎi rén , yī wàn rén tiǎo qǔ qiā rén , wèi mín yùn liáng , dĕng dà zhòng dào le Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà , jiù zhào jī bǐ yà rén zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng suǒ xíng de chǒu shì zhēng fá tāmen .
11 Yúshì Yǐsèliè zhòngrén bǐcǐ lián hé rútóng yī rén , jùjí gōngjī nà chéng .
12 Yǐsèliè zhòng zhīpaì dǎfa rén qù , wèn Biànyǎmǐn zhīpaì de gè jiā shuō , nǐmen zhōngjiān zĕnme zuò le zhèyàng de è shì ne .
13 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào jiāng jī bǐ yà de nàxiē fĕi tú jiāo chūlai , wǒmen hǎo zhìsǐ tāmen , cóng Yǐsèliè zhōng chúdiào zhè è . Biànyǎmǐn rén què bù kĕn tīng cóng tāmen dìxiōng Yǐsèliè rén de huà .
14 Biànyǎmǐn rén cóng tāmende gè chéng lǐ chūlai , jùjí dào le jī bǐ yà , yào yǔ Yǐsèliè rén dǎzhàng .
15 Nàshí Biànyǎmǐn rén cóng gè chéng lǐ diǎn chū ná dāo de , gòng yǒu èr wàn liù qiā . Lìngwaì hái yǒu jī bǐ yà rén diǎn chū qī bǎi jīng bīng .
16 Zaì zhòng jūn zhī zhōng yǒu jiǎnxuǎn de qī bǎi jīng bīng , dōu shì zuǒshǒu biàn lì de , néng yòng jī xián shuǎi shí dá rén , haó fā bù chāi .
17 Biànyǎmǐn rén zhī waì , diǎn chū Yǐsèliè rén ná dāo de , gōng yǒu sì shí wàn , dōu shì zhànshì .
18 Yǐsèliè rén jiù qǐlai , dào Bótèlì qù qiú wèn shén shuō , wǒmen zhōngjiān shuí dāng shǒuxiān shàng qù yǔ Biànyǎmǐn rén zhēng zhàn ne . Yēhéhuá shuō , Yóudà dāng xiān shàng qù .
19 Yǐsèliè rén zǎochen qǐlai , duì zhe jī bǐ yà ān yíng .
20 Yǐsèliè rén chūlai , yào yǔ Biànyǎmǐn rén dǎzhàng , jiù zaì jī bǐ yà qián bǎi zhèn .
21 Biànyǎmǐn rén jiù cóng jī bǐ yà chūlai , dāng rì shā sǐ Yǐsèliè rén èr wàn èr qiā .
22 Yǐsèliè rén bǐcǐ fèn yǒng , réng zaì tóu yī rì bǎi zhèn de dìfang yòu bǎi zhèn .
23 Wèi bǎi zhèn zhī xiān , Yǐsèliè rén shàng qù , zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián kū hào , zhídào wǎnshang , qiú wèn Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒmen zaì qù yǔ wǒmen dìxiōng Biànyǎmǐn rén dǎzhàng kĕyǐ bùkĕ yǐ . Yēhéhuá shuō , kĕyǐ shàng qù gōngjī tāmen .
24 Dì èr rì , Yǐsèliè rén jiù shàng qián gōngjī Biànyǎmǐn rén .
25 Biànyǎmǐn rén yĕ zaì zhè rì cóng jī bǐ yà chūlai , yǔ Yǐsèliè rén jiē zhàn , yòu shā sǐ tāmen yī wàn bā qiā , dōu shì ná dāo de .
26 Yǐsèliè zhòngrén jiù shàng dào Bótèlì , zuò zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián kū hào , dāng rì jìnshí zhídào wǎnshang . yòu zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián xiàn Fánjì hépíng ān jì .
27 Nàshí , shén de yuē guì zaì nàli . Yàlún de sūnzi , YǐlìYàsā de érzi Fēiníhā shì lì zaì yuē guì qián . Yǐsèliè rén wèn Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒmen dāng zaì chū qù yǔ wǒmen dìxiōng Biànyǎmǐn rén dǎzhàng ne . háishì ba bīng ne . Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen dāng shàng qù , yīnwei míngrì wǒ bìjiāng tāmen jiāo zaì nǐmen shǒu zhōng .
29 Yǐsèliè rén zaì jī bǐ yà de sìwéi shè xià fú bīng .
30 Dì sān rì , Yǐsèliè rén yòu shàng qù gōngjī Biànyǎmǐn rén , zaì jī bǐ yà qián bǎi zhèn , yǔ qián liǎng cì yíyàng .
31 Biànyǎmǐn rén yĕ chūlai yíng dí , jiù beì yǐnyòu lí chéng . zaì tiánjiān liǎng tiaó lù shàng , yī tōng Bótèlì , yī tōng jī bǐ yà , xiàng qián liǎng cì , dòngshǒu shā sǐ Yǐsèliè rén yuē yǒu sān shí gè .
32 Biànyǎmǐn rén shuō , tāmen réngjiù baì zaì wǒmen miànqián . dàn Yǐsèliè rén shuō , wǒmen bù rú taópǎo , yǐnyòu tāmen líkāi chéng dào lù shàng lái .
33 Yǐsèliè zhòngrén dōu qǐlai , zaì bā lì Tāmǎ bǎi zhèn , Yǐsèliè de fú bīng cóng mǎ lì Jiābā máifu de dìfang chōng shàng qián qù .
34 Yǒu Yǐsèliè rén zhōng de yī wàn jīng bīng , lái dào jī bǐ yà qián jiē zhàn , shì paì shén shì xiōngmĕng . Biànyǎmǐn rén què bù zhīdào zāihuò línjìn le .
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 .
40 Dāng yān qì rú zhù cóng chéng zhōng shàng téng de shíhou , Biànyǎmǐn rén huí tóu guānkàn , jiàn quán chéng de yān qì chōng tiān .
41 Yǐsèliè rén yòu zhuǎn shēn huí lái , Biànyǎmǐn rén jiù shén jīng huáng , yīnwei kànjian zāihuò líndào zìjǐ le .
42 Tāmen zaì Yǐsèliè rén miànqián zhuǎn shēn wǎng kuàngyĕ taópǎo . Yǐsèliè rén zaì hòumian zhuī shā . nà cóng gè chéng lǐ chūlai de , yĕ dōu jiá gōng shā miè tāmen .
43 Yǐsèliè rén wéirǎo Biànyǎmǐn rén , zhuīgǎn tāmen , zaì tāmen xiē jiǎo zhī chù , duì zhe rì chū zhī dì de jī bǐ yà jiàntà tāmen .
44 Biànyǎmǐn rén sǐ le de yǒu yī wàn bā qiā , dōu shì yǒng shì .
45 Qíyú de rén zhuǎn shēn xiàng kuàngyĕ taópǎo , wǎng lín mén pán qù . Yǐsèliè rén zaì dàolù shàng shā le tāmen wǔ qiā rén , rú shí qǔ yí suì yíyàng , zhuī dào jī dūn yòu shā le tāmen èr qiā rén .
46 Nà rì Biànyǎmǐn sǐ le de gōng yǒu èr wàn wǔ qiā rén , dōu shì ná dāo de yǒng shì .
47 Zhǐ shèngxia liù bǎi rén , zhuǎn shēn xiàng kuàngyĕ taópǎo , dào le lín mén pán , jiù zaì nàli zhù le sì gè yuè .
48 Yǐsèliè rén yòu zhuǎn dào Biànyǎmǐn dì , jiāng gè chéng de rén hé shēngchù , bìng yīqiè suǒ yùjiàn de , dōu yòng dāo shā jǐn , yòu fàng huǒshào le yīqiè chéngyì .

Shìshījì 20 Commentary

Chapter 20

The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.

- The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eternal ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolations of a tribe.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 20

This chapter relates, how that there was an assembly of the children of Israel at Mizpeh, upon what had happened to the concubine of the Levite, where he appeared and related the whole affair to them, Jud 20:1-7 upon which they unanimously agreed to chastise the inhabitants of Gibeah for what they had done, Jud 20:8-11, and in order to do that sent to the tribe of Benjamin to deliver the guilty, but instead of that they took to their arms, and prepared for battle in defence of them, Jud 20:12-17 and two battles ensued on this, in which the Israelites, who were on the right side of the question, were worsted, Jud 20:18-25 but upon their seeking the Lord again, and their humiliation before him, they engaged a third time in battle, and got an entire victory over the Benjaminites, and destroyed them all excepting six hundred men, Jud 20:26-48.

Shìshījì 20 Commentaries

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