Judges 20:21
21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.
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21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:21
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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.