Passage Research
Judges 20 — Sermon Preparation
The other eleven tribes go to war against Benjamin over the crime at Gibeah; after two initial defeats, Israel prevails and nearly wipes out the entire tribe. Below is a research summary for Judges 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
- 746 / 215
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Judges 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּנְיָמִין | Binyâmîyn | H1144 | 29 | Binjamin |
| גִּבְעָה | Gibʻâh | H1390 | 18 | Gibah |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 13 | thousand |
| מִלְחָמָה | milchâmâh | H4421 | 12 | battle, engagement |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 13 | ascend, high |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 12 | city, waking |
| שָׁלַף | shâlaph | H8025 | 6 | pull |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Judges 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XX The Levite's case heard in a general convention of the tribes, ver. 1-7. They resolve to avenge his quarrel, ver. 8-11. The Benjamites assemble in defense of the criminals, ver. 12-17. The defeat of Israel in the two first battles, ver. 18-25. They humble themselves before God, ver. 26-28. The total rout of the Benjamites, ver. 29-48. 1. All - That is, a great number, and especially the rulers of all the tribes, except Benjamin, ver. 3, 12. One man - That is, with one consent. Daniel, &c. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Judges 20:1–48 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beersheba 1— Judg 20:1
- Dan— Judg 20:1
- Gilead 1— Judg 20:1
- Jordan— Judg 20:1
- Mizpah 3— Judg 20:1
- Gibeah 1— Judg 20:10
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