22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
22 But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day.
22 But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
22 The army took heart. The men of Israel took up the positions they had deployed on the first day.
22 And the people, that is, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and again formed the battle line at the place where they had put themselves in array on the first day.
22 But the Israelites encouraged each other and took their positions again at the same place they had fought the previous day.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:22
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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.