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The Tactical Ambush
Commentators explain that the 10,000 men were a hidden ambush force. While the Benjamites were engaged in a fierce battle with the main Israelite army, this elite group moved in behind them. The 'evil' the Benjamites were unaware of was this specific, decisive trap that would ensure their destruction.
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 20:34
19th Century
Bishop
Ten thousand chosen men. — Though the verse is obscurely expressed, the meaning probably is that this was the number …
John Gill
On Judges 20:34
17th Century
Pastor
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of
all Israel
Which, accord…
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…