SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:28
y Finees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón, se presentaba delante de ella en aquellos días,) y dijeron: ¿Volveré a salir en batalla contra los hijos de Benjamín mi hermano, o me estaré quedo? Y el SEÑOR dijo: Subid, que mañana yo lo entregaré en tu mano.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 20:28
Verse 28. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar] This was the same Phinehas who is mentioned Num. xxv. 7, and consequently these transactions must have taken place shortly after the death of Joshua.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 28. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days , etc.] Before the ark, ministering before the Lord, which shows that this affair was long before the times of Samson, though placed after them; or otherwise Phinehas must have been more than three hundred years of age, which is not probable f424 . Phinehas’s standing before the ark was the posture of the priest when he inquired of the Lord for any by Urim and Thummim; the person that inquired stood before him that was inquired of, as Kimchi observes, and he that was inquired of stood before the Shechinah, or the presence of the divine Majesty, of which the ark was a symbol: saying, shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease ? in which the question is put in somewhat different manner than before, not only desiring to know whether it was the will of God they should renew the battle or not, since Benjamin was their brother, but whether they should have success or not; intimating, that if the Lord would bless and help them, they were willing to go up, but if not they chose to desist; for they were fully convinced now they were wrong in depending on their numbers, or the justness of their cause; whereas success depended wholly on the will and pleasure of God, to which they desired to submit: and the Lord said, go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into thine hand ; now they are not only directed to go up to the battle, but are promised victory.
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
ופינחס 6372 בן 1121 אלעזר 499 בן 1121 אהרן 175 עמד 5975 לפניו 6440 בימים 3117 ההם 1992 לאמר 559 האוסף 3254 עוד 5750 לצאת 3318 למלחמה 4421 עם 5973 בני 1121 בנימן 1144 אחי 251 אם 518 אחדל 2308 ויאמר 559 יהוה 3068 עלו 5927 כי 3588 מחר 4279 אתננו 5414 בידך׃ 3027
