Commentary for Judges 20:45
וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּ אַחֲרָיו֙ עַד־גִּדְעֹ֔ם וַיַּכּ֥וּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ אַלְפַּ֥יִם אִֽישׁ׃
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.
Rashi on Judges
They gleaned them. Killing constantly, like plucking gleanings after reaping.
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Rashi on Judges
Five thousand troops. Thus totaling twenty three thousand.
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Rashi on Judges
Until Gid'om. The name of a place.
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Rashi on Judges
Striking down, of them, two thousand troops. Thus totaling twenty-five thousand mentioned above.17V.35. The remaining one hundred recorded above18Ibid. fell at unnamed locations.
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