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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Judges 20:13
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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deliver: Sa2 20:21, Sa2 20:22 children of Belial: Jdg 19:22; Deu 13:13; Sa1 30:22; Sa2 20:1, Sa2 23:6; Kg1 21:13; Ch2 13:7 put away: Deu 17:7, Deu 17:12, Deu 19:19, Deu 21:21, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24, Deu 24:7; Ecc 11:10 would not: Sa1 2:25; Ch2 25:16, Ch2 25:20; Pro 29:1; Hos 9:9, Hos 10:9; Rom 1:32; Rev 18:4, Rev 18:5; The conduct of the Israelites was very equitable in this demand; but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice. However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply corrupted, and (all their advantages considered) as ripe for divine vengeance as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been. Confiding in their own valour and military skill, they seen to have first prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior numbers. Judges 20:14
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