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The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the house of God — It should be, “to Bethel.” See Judges 20:18.
19th Century
Anglican
To the house of God. —Rather, to Bethel, as in Judges 20:18; Judges 20:27.
Wept greatly.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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