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A Calculated Retreat
Commentators explain that Israel's retreat was not a sign of defeat but a deliberate military strategy. John Gill calls it an 'artifice,' a feigned flight designed to lure the Benjamite army away from the safety of their city and into a planned ambush.
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 20:39
19th Century
Bishop
And when the men of Israel retired. —This merely repeats with more graphic details the fact already mentioned in Judges 2…
John Gill
On Judges 20:39
17th Century
Pastor
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle Which is before expressed by their fleeing, and giving place to the Benj…
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…