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The Ambush in Action
Commentators explain this verse details the successful execution of the ambush. The soldiers rushed the city, spread out to control it, and enacted total judgment ('with the edge of the sword'). Scholars note a debate over whether the phrase 'drew themselves along' refers to the soldiers spreading out or to making a long trumpet sound as a signal.
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 20:37
19th Century
Bishop
Results of the ambuscade. (Compare to Joshua 8:15 and Joshua 8:19-20.)
Drew themselves along. —The marginal suggestion,
John Gill
On Judges 20:37
17th Century
Pastor
And the liers in wait hastened
When the time was come agreed upon for them to rise out of their ambush:
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…