19And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-25)We have here the defeat of the men of Israel in their first and second battle with the Benjamites. I. Before their first engagement they asked counsel of God concerning the order of their battle and were directed, and yet they were sorely beaten. They did not think it was proper to ask of God whether they should go up at all against Benjamin (the case was plain enough, the men of Gibeah must be pu…
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