19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
19 The next morning the Israelites got up and pitched camp near Gibeah.
19 Then the people of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
19 The People of Israel got up the next morning and camped before Gibeah.
19 So the children of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
19 So the Israelites left early the next morning and camped near Gibeah.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:19
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The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eternal ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolations of a tribe.