Juízes 20:13

13 Agora, entreguem esses canalhas de Gibeá, para que os matemos e eliminemos esse mal de Israel”.Mas os benjamitas não quiseram ouvir seus irmãos israelitas.

Juízes 20:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:13

Now, therefore, deliver us the men, the children of Belial,
which are in Gibeah
Those wicked men that were the authors of that abominable wickedness there committed:

that we may put them to death;
as they deserved, since they were guilty both of adultery and murder; their meaning is, that they in conjunction with the tribe of Benjamin might condemn them to death and punish them with it, as their crime deserved:

and put away evil from Israel;
prevent both the spread of such a sinful evil in the nation, encouraged by such examples, and the evil of punishment coming upon them from God, should they let such wickedness pass with impunity:

but the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their
brethren the children of Israel;
they refused to give up the men of Gibeah, that had been guilty of such great wickedness; reckoning it a reproach, as Josephus ^F6 says, to obey the commands of others, for fear of war, and unwilling to yield to any in arms, neither on account of multitude nor courage.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 9.

Juízes 20:13 In-Context

11 E todos os israelitas se ajuntaram e se uniram como um só homem contra a cidade.

12 As tribos de Israel enviaram homens a toda a tribo de Benjamim, dizendo: “O que vocês dizem dessa maldade terrível que foi cometida no meio de vocês?

13 Agora, entreguem esses canalhas de Gibeá, para que os matemos e eliminemos esse mal de Israel”.Mas os benjamitas não quiseram ouvir seus irmãos israelitas.

14 Vindos de suas cidades, reuniram-se em Gibeá para lutar contra os israelitas.

15 Naquele dia, os benjamitas mobilizaram vinte e seis mil homens armados de espada que vieram das suas cidades, além dos setecentos melhores soldados que viviam em Gibeá.