11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
11 So all the Israelites got together and united as one against the city.
11 So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.
11 So all the men in Israel were gathered against the city, totally united.
11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united together as one man.
11 So all the Israelites were completely united, and they gathered together to attack the town.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:11
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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.