Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 20:19
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning,…. After they had had counsel at Shiloh, and which perhaps was by a deputation sent thither:
and encamped against Gibeah: formed a camp near Gibeah of 360,000 men, enough to have stormed and taken that city at once, one would think.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Thus equipped, the Israelites proceeded against Gibeah.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
‘ And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.’
The forty units of the tribal confederacy, with Judah to the fore, marched to Gibeah and encamped near the city. (Notice that it is ‘the children of Israel’ who go forward, not just the men of Judah. Thus Judah are just the leading units into battle).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
The apparent success of Benjamin, is a lively representation of the seeming success of Satan, in the holy war. How frequently are God’s people apparently worsted, and in the conflict, prompted to exclaim, Surely the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me, Isa 49:14 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
Ver. 19. And the men of Israel went out to battle. ] They went forth as men do to a lottery, with their heads full of hopes, but they came back with their hearts full of blanks. The Lord had rejected their confidences; therefore they could not prosper in them. Jer 2:37
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
rose up: Jos 3:1, Jos 6:12, Jos 7:16
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 20:19-20. The children of Israel encamped against Gibeah It seems from these words that Judah only led the van, as we now speak, and stood in the front of the battle, to make the first assault; but that all the rest went up with them. Israel went out to battle against Benjamin When the Benjamites heard that Israel were encamped against Gibeah, they came to the relief of it; and the Israelites marched out of their camp to engage them.