Judges 20:11 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So all the men of Israel came together against the city, united as if they were one person.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how all the Israelite men came together with complete unity to take action against a city that had done wrong.

📚 Historical Context

This takes place during the civil war between the tribe of Benjamin and the other eleven tribes of Israel. The men of Israel had united to demand justice for a horrific crime committed in the Benjamite city of Gibeah, where a woman was brutally assaulted and killed. When the Benjamites refused to hand over the guilty men, all of Israel gathered as one army to fight against them.

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