Judg 20:13

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deliver.

2Sam 20:21; 2Sam 20:22

children of Belial.

Judg 19:22; Deut 13:13; 1Sam 30:22; 2Sam 20:1; 2Sam 23:6; 1Kgs 21:13; 2Chr 13:7

put away.

Deut 17:7; Deut 17:12; Deut 19:19; Deut 21:21; Deut 22:21; Deut 22:24; Deut 24:7; Eccl 11:10

would not.

1Sam 2:25; 2Chr 25:16; 2Chr 25:20; Prov 29:1; Hos 9:9; Hos 10:9; Rom 1:32; Rev 18:4; Rev 18:5

The conduct of the Israelites was very equitable in this demand; but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice.

However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply corrupted, and (all their advantages considered) as ripe for divine vengeance as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been.

Confiding in their own valour and military skill, they seen to have first prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior numbers.