Geneva Bible Notes: Judges 20

Judges 20:32 ^p Meaning, crosse wayes or paths to diuers places.

Judges 20:34 ^q They knewe not, that Gods judgement was at hand to destroy them.

Judges 20:36 ^r Retired, to drawe them after.

Judges 20:37 ^/ Or, made along sounde with a trumpet.

Judges 20:39 ^s For they were waxen hardy by the two former victories.

Judges 20:41 ^t And withstode their enemies.

Judges 20:42 ^u For they were compassed in on euerie side.

Judges 20:43 ^/ Or, droue them from their reste.

Judges 20:45 ^x They stewe them by one & one, as they were scacered abroad.

Judges 20:46 ^y Besides eleuen hundreth that had bene slaine in the former battelles.

Judges 20:46 ^! And at length get the victorie.

Judges 20:48 ^z If they belonged to the Benjamites.

Judges 20:1 ^! The Israelites assemble in Mizpeh, to whome the Leuite declareth his wrong.

Judges 20:1 ^a That is, all with one consent.

Judges 20:1 ^b To aske counsel.

Judges 20:2 ^c Meaning men able to handle their weapon.

Judges 20:2 ^/ Ebr. corners.

Judges 20:3 ^d To the Leuite.

Judges 20:5 ^/ Or, chief, or lords.

Judges 20:6 ^e That is , her pieces, to euerie tribe a piece, {Chap. 19, 9}

Judges 20:8 ^f Before we haue reuenged this wickednes.

Judges 20:10 ^g These onely shulde haue the charge to prouide for vitaile for the rest.

Judges 20:12 ^h That is, euerie familie of the tribe.

Judges 20:13 ^! They sent for them that did the vilenie.

Judges 20:13 ⁱ Because they wolde not suffre the wicked to be punished, they declared them selues to maintaine them in their euil, & therefore were all justely punished.

Judges 20:18 ^k That is, to the Arke, which was in Shiloh: some thinke, in Mizpeh, as {vers. 1}

Judges 20:21 ^l This God permitted, because the Israelites partely trusted to muche in their strength, and partely God wolde by this meanes punish their sinnes.

Judges 20:25 ^! The Israelites are twise ouercome,

Judges 20:25 ^/ Ebr. all they drawing the worde.

Judges 20:27 ^m To wit, in Shiloh.

Judges 20:28 ⁿ Or, serued in the Priests office at those daies: for the Jewes write that he liued thre hundreth yeres.

Judges 20:31 ^o By the policie of the children of Israel.