They treated Benjamin as devoted to utter destruction, as Jericho had been (Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:21), and the whole tribe w…

As well the men of every city, as the beast. —The phrase is literally, from the city, men down to beast, reading…

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of
Benjamin
After they had destr…

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