Judges 20:24

Study note

Setting — The narrator reports that the Israelite army advanced against Benjamin on the second day of renewed hostilities, immediately following God's authorization in Judges 20:23.

The words — The verb וַ/יִּקְרְב֧וּ (va/i.yik.re.Vu) literally means "and they drew near," denoting the tactical approach of the Israelite forces toward the Benjamite lines.

The thread — The tactical advance appears in Judges 20:23–25 as part of a three-day siege sequence that parallels the structured warfare patterns of Judges 7:10 and 1 Samuel 11:11.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note that military movement follows explicit divine inquiry, while simultaneously framing the advancing army as the instrument of an impending fratricidal judgment.

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