14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
14 From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites.
14 Then the people of Benjamin came together out of the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the people of Israel.
14 Instead they raised an army from all their cities and rallied at Gibeah to go to war against the People of Israel.
14 Instead, the children of Benjamin gathered together from their cities to Gibeah, to go to battle against the children of Israel.
14 Instead, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Israelites.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:14
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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.