John Gill's Exposition on Judges 20:47

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But six hundred men, etc.] Who were all that were left of 26,700 turned and fled to the wilderness; turned out of the highway or common road, and being swift of foot, got to a wilderness; what wilderness is not certain: unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months; very probably in a cave of that rock, which might be large enough to hold such a number; Saul is said to have just the same number under it, and David had also a like number in a cave at Engedi, (<091402>1 Samuel 14:2 23:13 24:3), and from hence these men might send out of their number to fetch in provision for them from parts adjacent, after the heat of the action was over, and the rage and fury of the Israelites subsided.

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