To the house of God - “ To Bethel,” as in the margin. On “Gibeah in the field,” see (Joshua 18:24) note.

To smite of the people, and kill. —Rather, to smite the wounded or beaten of the people. This apparently means t…

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people
Sallied out of Gibeah upon them, where they had put themsel…

The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…