Judges 20:34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

Ten thousand

Judges 20:29

Knew not

General references

Matthew 24:39

Bible References

Ten thousand

So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

Knew not

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, the men of the city hurried and went out early in the morning so that he and all his people could engage Israel in battle at a suitable place facing the Arabah. But he did not know there was an ambush waiting for him behind the city.

They spend their days in prosperity
and go down to Sheol in peace.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

An evil man is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

But disaster will happen to you;
you will not know how to avert it.
And it will fall on you,
but you will be unable to ward it off.
Devastation will happen to you suddenly
and unexpectedly.

This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

General references

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be: