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Judges 20:11

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Judges 20:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
Judges 20:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Judges 20

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.
9But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;
10and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?
13Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, that are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
14And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, etc.] Of Gibeah, even 360,000 men: knit together as one man; went heart and hand together, united in their sentiments and resolutions, determining to have justice done, or lose their lives in this cause: according to the Jews f412, this was on the twenty third of Shebet, which answers to part of January and part of February, on which day a fast was kept on this account.”
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