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The Symmetry of Justice
Commentator John Gill points out a sobering detail: the 18,000 Benjamites who fell here match the exact number of Israelites they had previously killed. This striking parallel suggests a theme of divine justice, where the consequence for Benjamin directly mirrored the loss they had inflicted.
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John Gill
On Judges 20:44
17th Century
Pastor
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men
Just the number they had slain of Israel in the second battle. This…
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…