Judges 20:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Judges 20:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Judges 20:3 is a verse from the book of Judges in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israe..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Judges 20:3 — KJV
“(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?”
— Judges 20:3 (KJV)
Judges 20:3 in Context — About the Book of Judges
Judges chronicles Israel's darkest cycle: sin, oppression, crying out, and rescue — repeated for generations. God raises unlikely deliverers like Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, proving He responds to honest cries for help even when His people keep failing. Grace shines against a dark backdrop.
Cross-References for Judges 20:3
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. present: Heb. found images: Heb. statues until...: Heb. until to make an end”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:3: now, children, benjamin
“Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:3: now, children, benjamin
“And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:3: children, heard, israel
“And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:3: children, israel, then
“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:3: now, children, israel
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