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The Battle's Palm Tree
Commentators note that 'Baal-tamar' likely means 'Lord of the Palm Tree.' Several scholars suggest this could be the same location as the famous palm tree of Deborah mentioned in Judges 4:5, providing a tangible link between different stories in the book and grounding the battle in a specific, known location.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 20:33
18th Century
Theologian
Baal-tamar is only mentioned here. It took its name from some palm-tree that grew there; perhaps the same as the palm-tree of Deborah, between …
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 20:33
19th Century
Bishop
Put themselves in array at Baal-tamar. — This is either a detail added out of place (so that we might almost suppose that…
John Gill
On Judges 20:33
17th Century
Pastor
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place
The main body of the army, which fled before Benjamin, when the…
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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…