Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 20:8
And 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 into his house.
8. tent ] As the parallelism shews, equivalent to house, cf. Jdg 19:9 mg., 1Ki 8:66, Psa 132:3 tent of my house; a survival from the time when the Israelites actually lived in tents. The resolution is expressed in poetical parallelism, cf. 1Ki 12:16, 2Sa 20:1; we are to supply in thought ‘until the crime be avenged.’ The same resolution, differently expressed, follows in Jdg 20:9 ff.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They bound themselves not to break up and disperse until they had punished the wickedness of Gibeah.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 8. We will not any of us go to his tent] We will have satisfaction for this wickedness before we return home.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
We will not any of us go to his tent, i.e. his habitation, to wit, until we have revenged this injury.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
8-13. all the people arose as onemanThe extraordinary unanimity that prevailed shows, thatnotwithstanding great disorders had broken out in many parts, thepeople were sound at the core; and remembering their nationalcovenant with God, they now felt the necessity of wiping out so foula stain on their character as a people. It was resolved that theinhabitants of Gibeah should be subjected to condign punishment. Butthe resolutions were conditional. For as the common law of nature andnations requires that an inquiry should be made and satisfactiondemanded, before committing an act of hostility or vengeance,messengers were despatched through the whole territory of Benjamin,demanding the immediate surrender or execution of the delinquents.The request was just and reasonable; and by refusing it theBenjamites virtually made themselves a party in the quarrel. It mustnot be supposed that the people of this tribe were insensible orindifferent to the atrocious character of the crime that had beencommitted on their soil. But their patriotism or their pride wasoffended by the hostile demonstration of the other tribes. Thepassions were inflamed on both sides; but certainly the Benjamitesincurred an awful responsibility by the attitude of resistance theyassumed.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And all the people arose as one man,…. Either the heads of the people assembled in council, all agreed unanimously in one vote or resolution, or all the 400,000 men were of the same mind, when the case was reported to them:
saying, we will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house; that is, they would not return home, to take one nights rest in their houses, or attend to the business of their callings or to any affair of life, however urgent, till satisfaction was made for the evil committed.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(8) Arose as one man.The same words are rendered with one consent in 1Sa. 11:7.
To his tent . . . . into his house.Possibly many of the Trans-jordanic Israelites, who were chiefly graziers, were obliged by the necessities of nomadic life to live in tents, not in villages or cities.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ And 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 into his house.” ’
The verdict was unanimous. All were agreed, as indeed they had no option but to be in the light of the evidence, no doubt backed up by that of the servant and the old man. This refers, of course, to the leaders assembled together.
“Saying, ‘We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.’ ” The verdict having been reached justice would immediately be done, and they would not return to normal life or rest until this had been put into action.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Oh! that all the tribes of Jesus were so consolidated in his cause, and so united to him, their great head, and to each other as the members of his mystical body: what might not be expected in their zeal for the divine honour and glory!
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 20:8 And 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 into his house.
Ver. 8. And all the people arose as one man, saying. ] For the punishment of foul offences serio et sedulo ineumbendnm est, men must do their utmost; and not as Popish councils, which make a show only of reformation. Luther truly and trimly compared them to a company of foxes, which sweeping a foul room with their tails, raise a great dust, but remove none.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as one man: Jdg 20:1, Jdg 20:11
We will not: Jdg 21:1, Jdg 21:5, Pro 21:3, Ecc 9:10
Reciprocal: 2Ki 3:11 – that we may Neh 8:1 – as one man
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:8 And 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 into his {f} house.
(f) Before we have avenged this wickedness.