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Victory Turned to Grief
Commentators explain that Israel's weeping was not for their own battle losses but for the tragic outcome of their victory: the near-extinction of the tribe of Benjamin. Their sorrow was a remorseful recognition of the devastating consequences of their actions against their own kinsmen.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 21:2
18th Century
Theologian
To the house of God — It should be, “to Bethel.” See Judges 20:18.
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 21:2
19th Century
Bishop
To the house of God. —Rather, to Bethel, as in Judges 20:18; Judges 20:27.
Wept greatly.
John Gill
On Judges 21:2
17th Century
Pastor
And the people came to the house of God
Not to the city Bethel, as the Targum, Septuagint, and other versions, but t…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 21:1–25
17th Century
Minister
Israel lamented for the Benjamites and was perplexed by the oath they had taken not to give their daughters to them in marriage. People are more ze…