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Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
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A Right Cause, Wrong Heart
Commentators agree that Israel's second defeat stemmed from a flawed spiritual state. While their cause—to punish the heinous sin at Gibeah—was just, they acted with what scholars call "overweening confidence and carelessness." Matthew Henry specifies they had "too much haste and self-confidence." This shows that even a righteous mission can fail if undertaken with pride instead of humble reliance on God.
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19th Century
Anglican
Destroyed ... eighteen thousand men. —This second defeat seems to have been due, like the first, to overweening confidence and car…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day Flushed with the vi…
Presbyterian
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…