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Judges 20

Judg. 20:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theng all the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
went out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the congregation
`edah (Hebrew #5712)
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in the original sense of fixture
was gathered together
qahal (Hebrew #6950)
to convoke
KJV usage: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
Pronounce: 'kaw-hal'
Origin: a primitive root
as one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, fromh Dan
Dan (Hebrew #1835)
judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
KJV usage: Dan.
Pronounce: dawn
Origin: from 1777
even to Beer-sheba
B'er (Hebrew #884)
well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beer-shebah.
Pronounce: Sheba`
Origin: from 875 and 7651 (in the sense of 7650)
, with the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Gilead
Gil`ad (Hebrew #1568)
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Gilead, Gileadite.
Pronounce: ghil-awd'
Origin: probably from 1567
, unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
in Mizpeh
Mitspah (Hebrew #4709)
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of 4708 when "in pause".)
Pronounce: mits-paw'
Origin: feminine of 4708
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Judg. 20:11• 11And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. (Judg. 20:11)
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Judg. 21:5• 5And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall certainly be put to death. (Judg. 21:5)
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Josh. 22:12• 12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. (Josh. 22:12)
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1 Sam. 11:7• 7And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen! And the fear of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man. (1 Sam. 11:7)
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1 Sam. 3:20• 20And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah. (1 Sam. 3:20)
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2 Sam. 3:10• 10to translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba! (2 Sam. 3:10)
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2 Sam. 24:2• 2And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people. (2 Sam. 24:2)
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Judg. 11:11• 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah. (Judg. 11:11)
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1 Sam. 7:5• 5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you. (1 Sam. 7:5)
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1 Sam. 10:17• 17And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah. (1 Sam. 10:17)

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Beer-Sheba; Beer-shebah,
Congregation,
Gilead,
Israel,
Man,
Mizpeh

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-7:  The Levite in a general assembly declares his wrong.
8-11:  The decree of the assembly.
12-17:  The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites.
18-25:  The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand.
26-48:  They destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites, except six hundred.
Then all.
Judg. 20:2,8,11• 2And the heads of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the congregation of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
 8And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we any one turn into his house.
 11And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. (Judg. 20:2,8,11)
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Judg. 21:5• 5And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall certainly be put to death. (Judg. 21:5)
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Deut. 13:12‑18• 12If in one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee to dwell there, thou hearest, saying,
 13There are men, children of Belial, gone out from among you, and they have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, whom ye have not known;
 14then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, and the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,
 15thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
 16And all the spoil of it shalt thou gather into the midst of the open place thereof, and shalt burn the city with fire, and all the spoil thereof, wholly to Jehovah thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
 17And thou shalt not let anything cleave to thy hand of the devoted thing; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
 18when thou hearkenest to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, that thou mayest do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 13:12‑18)
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Josh. 22:12• 12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. (Josh. 22:12)
as one man.
1 Sam. 11:7‑8• 7And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen! And the fear of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
 8And he numbered them in Bezek, and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (1 Sam. 11:7‑8)
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2 Sam. 19:14• 14And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants. (2 Sam. 19:14)
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Ezra 3:1• 1And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. (Ezra 3:1)
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Neh. 8:1• 1all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel. (Neh. 8:1)
from Dan.
Judg. 18:29• 29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first. (Judg. 18:29)
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1 Sam. 3:20• 20And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah. (1 Sam. 3:20)
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2 Sam. 3:10• 10to translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba! (2 Sam. 3:10)
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2 Sam. 24:2• 2And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people. (2 Sam. 24:2)
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1 Chron. 21:2• 2And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. (1 Chron. 21:2)
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2 Chron. 30:5• 5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; because they had not held it for a long time as it was written. (2 Chron. 30:5)
with the.
Num. 32:1,40• 1And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle, a very great multitude; and they saw the land of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle.
 40And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. (Num. 32:1,40)
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Josh. 17:1• 1And the lot came to the tribe of Manasseh (for he was the firstborn of Joseph), to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war, and he had Gilead and Bashan. (Josh. 17:1)
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2 Sam. 2:9• 9and made him king over Gilead, and over the Asshurites, and over Jizreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. (2 Sam. 2:9)
unto the.
Judg. 20:18,26• 18And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.
 26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah. (Judg. 20:18,26)
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Judg. 11:11• 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah. (Judg. 11:11)
in Mizpeh.
Judg. 10:17• 17And the children of Ammon were called together and encamped in Gilead; and the children of Israel gathered together and encamped in Mizpeh. (Judg. 10:17)
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Judg. 11:11• 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah. (Judg. 11:11)
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Josh. 15:38• 38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, (Josh. 15:38)
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Josh. 18:26• 26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, (Josh. 18:26)
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1 Sam. 7:5‑6• 5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.
 6And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah. (1 Sam. 7:5‑6)
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1 Sam. 10:17• 17And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah. (1 Sam. 10:17)
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2 Kings 25:23• 23And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (2 Kings 25:23)
It does not appear that the Israelites on this occasion, were summoned by the authority of any one common head, but they came together by the consent and agreement, as it were, of one common heart, fired with a holy zeal for the honour of God and Israel.
The place of their meeting was Mizpeh; they gathered together unto the Lord there; for Mizpeh was so very near to Shiloh, that their encampment might very well be supposed to reach from Mizpeh to Shiloh.
Shiloh was a small town, and therefore, when there was a general meeting of the people to present themselves before God, they chose Mizpeh for their head quarters, which was the next adjoining city of note; perhaps, because they were not willing to give that trouble to Shiloh, which so great an assembly would occasion; it being the residence of the priests that attended the tabernacle.
• The assembling together, the actions and the sentiments of the eleven tribes presented above all a fair appearance of unity (vs. 1, 8, 11), for the smallest tribe, and what was more a guilty one, was the only one absent. The center of the people's unity was acknowledged, for it was "unto Jehovah" that they gathered together in Mizpeh (ver. 1). What then was wanting in Israel? One thing, "the first love," which finds expression both towards God and towards those that are His. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: Breach and Recovery: Judges 20” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpaha.

JND Translation Notes

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Called "Mizpeh" in Josh. 18.26.