SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:40
Mas cuando el humo comenzó a subir de la ciudad, Benjamín tornó a mirar atrás; y he aquí que el fuego de la ciudad subía al cielo.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke , etc.] Fire being set to it by the liers in wait, who had entered it, and who made a large fire, which caused a vast pillar of flame and smoke to arise, which might be seen a great way off: the Benjamites looked behind them ; perhaps at hearing the blowing of the trumpet, and the long sound of that: and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven ; went upwards, and reached to a great height.
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
והמשׂאת 4864 החלה 2490 לעלות 5927 מן 4480 העיר 5892 עמוד 5982 עשׁן 6227 ויפן 6437 בנימן 1144 אחריו 310 והנה 2009 עלה 5927 כליל 3632 העיר 5892 השׁמימה׃ 8064
