Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary

Judges 20

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The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated. MHBC 232.1

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. MHBC 232.2