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A Sign of Decline
Commentators observe that the number of Benjamite soldiers represents a population decline of about one-third since the census under Moses. This, combined with the detail that they were mustered "out of the cities," suggests the era of the Judges was a dangerous and unstable time, forcing people into fortified towns for safety from surrounding enemies.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 20:15–17
18th Century
Theologian
Comparing the numbers here with those in Numbers 1 and Numbers 26, it is evident that in the case of both the Benjamites and the Israelites, their …
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 20:15
19th Century
Bishop
Out of the cities. —They could only live in cities, because the Jebusites still held Jerusalem, and the Canaanites around them wer…
John Gill
On Judges 20:15
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of
the cities
All that th…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 20:1–48
17th Century
Minister
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…