Judges 20:43 Commentary: Rashi

כִּתְּר֤וּ אֶת־בִּנְיָמִן֙ הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ מְנוּחָ֖ה הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ עַ֛ד נֹ֥כַח הַגִּבְעָ֖ה מִמִּזְרַח־שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

Rashi on Judges

The [lit. crowned] Binyomin. They encircled Binyomin the way a crown encircles the head. Similarly, "The mighty of Bashan encircled me,"13Tehilim, 22:13. and, "For the villain encircles the saint."14Chabakuk, 1:4. Also, the word "wreath" connotes encirclement, as in, "Shaul and his troops encircled [lit. wreathed] David and his troops in order to seize them"15Shmuel 1, 23:26.
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Rashi on Judges

Called for their pursuit. They called for pursuit behind them—they shouted to each other to pursue.
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Rashi on Judges

And intercepted them at rest. At the cities, where they generally rested, they intercepted them.
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