SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:26
¶ Entonces subieron todos los hijos de Israel, y todo el pueblo, y vinieron a la Casa de Dios; y lloraron, y se sentaron allí delante del SEÑOR, y ayunaron aquel día hasta la tarde; y sacrificaron holocaustos y pacíficos delante del SEÑOR.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 20:26
Verse 26. And wept] Had they humbled themselves, fasted, and prayed, and offered sacrifices at first, they had not been discomfited. And fasted that day until even] This is the first place where fasting is mentioned as a religious ceremony, or as a means of obtaining help from God. And in this case, and many since, it has been powerfully effectual.
At present it is but little used; a strong proof that self- denial is wearing out of fashion.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came unto the house of God , etc.] This looks as if the whole body of the army, with other people from parts adjacent, went up to the tabernacle of God in Shiloh: and wept and sat there before the Lord ; not only wept, but continued weeping, and that not merely for their defeat, but for their sins, since it follows: and fasted that day until even ; afflicted their bodies with fasting, which was a token of the humiliation of their souls for their sins: and offered burnt offering’s and peace offerings before the Lord , to make atonement for their sins, and to implore success on their arms.
Matthew Henry Commentary
The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.
--The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, an their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they forme their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eterna ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolation of a tribe __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויעלו 5927 כל 3605 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 וכל 3605 העם 5971 ויבאו 935 בית אל 1008 ויבכו 1058 וישׁבו 3427 שׁם 8033 לפני 6440 יהוה 3068 ויצומו 6684 ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 עד 5704 הערב 6153 ויעלו 5927 עלות 5930 ושׁלמים 8002 לפני 6440 יהוה׃ 3068
