Judges 20:43
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Judges 20:43 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Judges 20:43 is a verse from the book of Judges in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Judges 20:43 — KJV
“Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. with ease...: or, from Menuchah, etc over...: Heb. unto over against”
— Judges 20:43 (KJV)
Judges 20:43 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 20:43
“Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes one...: Heb. so and such”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:43: thus, ease, over
“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put...: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:43: round, about, down
“The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; cieled...: Heb. cieling of wood and from...: or, and the ground unto the windows”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:43: round, about, over
“And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. forced: Heb. humbled”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:43: round, about, against
“And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc the house...: or, Bethel”
Shares key themes with Judges 20:43: about, against, gibeah
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