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had sworn Judg 20:1, Judg 20:8, Judg 20:10; Jer 4:2
There Judg 21:5, Judg 11:30-31; 1Sam 14:24, 1Sam 14:28-29; Eccl 5:2; Mark 6:23; Acts 23:12; Rom 10:2
his daughter Exod 34:12-16; Deut 7:2-3
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the house Judg 21:12, Judg 20:18, Judg 20:23, Judg 20:26; Josh 18:1
lifted Judg 2:4; Gen 27:38; 1Sam 30:4
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why is Deut 29:24; Josh 7:7-9; Ps 74:1, Ps 80:12; Prov 19:3; Isa 63:17; Jer 12:1
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rose early Ps 78:34-35; Hos 5:15
built there Judg 6:26; Exod 20:24-25; 2Sam 24:18, 2Sam 24:25; 1Kgs 8:64; Heb 13:10
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a great oath Judg 21:1, Judg 21:18, Judg 5:23; Lev 27:28-29; 1Sam 11:7; Jer 48:10
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repented them Judg 21:15, Judg 11:35, Judg 20:23; 2Sam 2:26; Hos 11:8; Luke 19:41-42
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sworn Judg 21:1, Judg 21:18; 1Sam 14:28-29, 1Sam 14:45
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Jabeshgilead This place, as its name imports, was situated in Gilead, east of Jordan. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a great town in their time, standing upon a hill, six miles south from Pella, in the way to Geresa, now Djerash. The Wady Yabes, mentioned by Burckhardt, which empties itself into the Jordan, in the neighbourhood of Bisan or Beth-shan (see note on 1Sam 31:11), and upon which Pella was situated (celebrated by Pliny, 1. v. c. 18, for its fine waters), seems to have taken its name from Jabesh. Near this spot, we must therefore look for its site; and the place called Kalaat Rabbad seems to correspond, very nearly, to the spot; though it probably still retains among the Arabs its ancient name. 1Sam 11:1-3, 1Sam 31:11-13; 2Sam 2:5-6
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Go and smite As they had sworn to destroy those who would not assist in the war (Judg 21:5), they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh, and to leave none except the virgins; and to give these to the 600; Benjamites who had escaped to the rock of Rimmon. The whole account is dreadful. The crime of the men of Gibeah was of the deepest dye; the punishment involving both the guilty and innocent, was extended to the most criminal excess, and their mode of remedying the evil they had occasioned was equally abominable. Judg 21:5, Judg 5:23; Deut 13:15; Josh 7:24; 1Sam 11:7, 1Sam 15:3
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every male Num 31:17-18; Deut 2:34
hath lain by man Heb. knoweth the lying with man
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virgins Heb. women
virgins Shiloh, Judg 20:18, Judg 20:23; Josh 18:1; Ps 78:60; Jer 7:12
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to speak Heb. and spake and called
the rock Rimmon Judg 20:47; Josh 15:32
call peaceably or, proclaim peace, Deut 20:10; Isa 57:19; Luke 10:5; Eph 2:17
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sufficed them not Judg 21:12, Judg 20:47; 1Cor 7:2
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repented Judg 21:6, Judg 21:17
a breach 1Chr 13:11, 1Chr 15:13; Isa 30:13, Isa 58:12
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an inheritance Num 26:55, Num 36:7
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sworn Judg 21:1, Judg 11:35
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a feast Exod 23:14-16; Lev 23:2, Lev 23:4, Lev 23:6, Lev 23:10, Lev 23:34; Num 10:10, Num 28:16, Num 28:26, Num 29:12; Deut 16:1, Deut 16:10, Deut 16:13; Ps 81:3; John 5:1, John 7:2
yearly Heb. from year to year
on the east side or, toward the sun rising
of the highway or, on
Lebonah Maundrell supposes, that either Khan Leban, which is situated on the eastern side of a "delicious vale," four leagues south from Shechem, and two leagues north from Bethel, or the village of Leban, which is on the opposite side, occupies the site of the ancient Lebonah. It is eight hours, or about 24 miles, from Jerusalem, according to Dr. Richardson.
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dance Judg 11:34; Exod 15:20; 1Sam 18:6; 2Sam 6:14, 2Sam 6:21; Ps 149:3, Ps 150:4; Eccl 3:4; Jer 31:13; Matt 10:17; Luke 17:25
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Be favourable unto them or, Gratify us in them, Phlm 1:9-12
each man Judg 21:14; Gen 1:27, Gen 7:13; Mark 10:6-8; 1Cor 7:2
give unto Judg 21:1, Judg 21:7, Judg 21:18; Prov 20:25
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and they went It appears that the Benjamites acted in the most honourable way to the women they had thus violently carried off, and we may rest assured, that they took them to an inheritance more than equal to their own. But this transaction, as well as the indiscriminate massacre of the people of Jabesh-gilead, as Dr. Gray observes, was certainly stamped with injustice and cruelty; and must be condemned on those principles which the Scriptures elsewhere furnish.
repaired Judg 20:48
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no Judg 17:6, Judg 18:1, Judg 19:1
right Judg 18:7; Deut 12:8; Ps 12:4; Prov 3:5, Prov 14:12; Eccl 11:9; Mic 2:1-2
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had sworn Judg 20:1, Judg 20:8, Judg 20:10; Jer 4:2
There Judg 21:5, Judg 11:30-31; 1Sam 14:24, 1Sam 14:28-29; Eccl 5:2; Mark 6:23; Acts 23:12; Rom 10:2
his daughter Exod 34:12-16; Deut 7:2-3
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the house Judg 21:12, Judg 20:18, Judg 20:23, Judg 20:26; Josh 18:1
lifted Judg 2:4; Gen 27:38; 1Sam 30:4
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why is Deut 29:24; Josh 7:7-9; Ps 74:1, Ps 80:12; Prov 19:3; Isa 63:17; Jer 12:1
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rose early Ps 78:34-35; Hos 5:15
built there Judg 6:26; Exod 20:24-25; 2Sam 24:18, 2Sam 24:25; 1Kgs 8:64; Heb 13:10
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a great oath Judg 21:1, Judg 21:18, Judg 5:23; Lev 27:28-29; 1Sam 11:7; Jer 48:10
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repented them Judg 21:15, Judg 11:35, Judg 20:23; 2Sam 2:26; Hos 11:8; Luke 19:41-42
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sworn Judg 21:1, Judg 21:18; 1Sam 14:28-29, 1Sam 14:45
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Jabeshgilead This place, as its name imports, was situated in Gilead, east of Jordan. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a great town in their time, standing upon a hill, six miles south from Pella, in the way to Geresa, now Djerash. The Wady Yabes, mentioned by Burckhardt, which empties itself into the Jordan, in the neighbourhood of Bisan or Beth-shan (see note on 1Sam 31:11), and upon which Pella was situated (celebrated by Pliny, 1. v. c. 18, for its fine waters), seems to have taken its name from Jabesh. Near this spot, we must therefore look for its site; and the place called Kalaat Rabbad seems to correspond, very nearly, to the spot; though it probably still retains among the Arabs its ancient name. 1Sam 11:1-3, 1Sam 31:11-13; 2Sam 2:5-6
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Go and smite As they had sworn to destroy those who would not assist in the war (Judg 21:5), they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh, and to leave none except the virgins; and to give these to the 600; Benjamites who had escaped to the rock of Rimmon. The whole account is dreadful. The crime of the men of Gibeah was of the deepest dye; the punishment involving both the guilty and innocent, was extended to the most criminal excess, and their mode of remedying the evil they had occasioned was equally abominable. Judg 21:5, Judg 5:23; Deut 13:15; Josh 7:24; 1Sam 11:7, 1Sam 15:3
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every male Num 31:17-18; Deut 2:34
hath lain by man Heb. knoweth the lying with man
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virgins Heb. women
virgins Shiloh, Judg 20:18, Judg 20:23; Josh 18:1; Ps 78:60; Jer 7:12
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to speak Heb. and spake and called
the rock Rimmon Judg 20:47; Josh 15:32
call peaceably or, proclaim peace, Deut 20:10; Isa 57:19; Luke 10:5; Eph 2:17
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sufficed them not Judg 21:12, Judg 20:47; 1Cor 7:2
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repented Judg 21:6, Judg 21:17
a breach 1Chr 13:11, 1Chr 15:13; Isa 30:13, Isa 58:12
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an inheritance Num 26:55, Num 36:7
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sworn Judg 21:1, Judg 11:35
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a feast Exod 23:14-16; Lev 23:2, Lev 23:4, Lev 23:6, Lev 23:10, Lev 23:34; Num 10:10, Num 28:16, Num 28:26, Num 29:12; Deut 16:1, Deut 16:10, Deut 16:13; Ps 81:3; John 5:1, John 7:2
yearly Heb. from year to year
on the east side or, toward the sun rising
of the highway or, on
Lebonah Maundrell supposes, that either Khan Leban, which is situated on the eastern side of a "delicious vale," four leagues south from Shechem, and two leagues north from Bethel, or the village of Leban, which is on the opposite side, occupies the site of the ancient Lebonah. It is eight hours, or about 24 miles, from Jerusalem, according to Dr. Richardson.
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dance Judg 11:34; Exod 15:20; 1Sam 18:6; 2Sam 6:14, 2Sam 6:21; Ps 149:3, Ps 150:4; Eccl 3:4; Jer 31:13; Matt 10:17; Luke 17:25
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Be favourable unto them or, Gratify us in them, Phlm 1:9-12
each man Judg 21:14; Gen 1:27, Gen 7:13; Mark 10:6-8; 1Cor 7:2
give unto Judg 21:1, Judg 21:7, Judg 21:18; Prov 20:25
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and they went It appears that the Benjamites acted in the most honourable way to the women they had thus violently carried off, and we may rest assured, that they took them to an inheritance more than equal to their own. But this transaction, as well as the indiscriminate massacre of the people of Jabesh-gilead, as Dr. Gray observes, was certainly stamped with injustice and cruelty; and must be condemned on those principles which the Scriptures elsewhere furnish.
repaired Judg 20:48
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no Judg 17:6, Judg 18:1, Judg 19:1
right Judg 18:7; Deut 12:8; Ps 12:4; Prov 3:5, Prov 14:12; Eccl 11:9; Mic 2:1-2
