Jdg 20:45 ‘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 pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.’
The word “gleaned” is the Hebrew word (aw-lal’), meaning to overdo, abuse… is used only two times in the book of judges, here in (vs 45) and in (Jdgs 19:25) referencing the atrocity that started Israel’s poor decisions when a young Israeli woman was raped and killed. This action by Israel that led to them (over doing/abusing) one of its own tribes is so void of mercy that they cry out/lament to God as to why He would allow such atrocity against His own children? What happen to Israel’s mercy toward its own considering the mercy they received from the Lord! This horrible story is of moral anarchy that rises up in man’s heart when they live outside Kingship of the Lord. Mercy matters, we must look in the mirror at our own from the Lord.
A man who lives merciless in his manners is morally misguided in his might… HSAY
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