Judges 20:12

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The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying,“How could such a wicked thing take place?

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 13:14 : 14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
  • Deut 20:10 : 10 When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.
  • Josh 22:13-16 : 13 The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 14 He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans. 15 They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them: 16 “The entire community of the LORD says,‘Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.
  • Matt 18:15-18 : 15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. 18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

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  • Judg 20:3-11
    9 verses
    89%

    3The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said,“Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

    4The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up,“I and my concubine stopped in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin to spend the night.

    5The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

    6I took hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel, because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel.

    7All you Israelites, make a decision here!”

    8All Israel rose up in unison and said,“Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

    9Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.

    10We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel(and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”

    11So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.

  • Judg 20:13-15
    3 verses
    88%

    13Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

    14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

    15That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

  • Judg 20:17-21
    5 verses
    81%

    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

    18The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God,“Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” The LORD said,“Judah should lead.”

    19The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah.

    20The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.

    21The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

  • Judg 20:29-39
    11 verses
    80%

    29So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

    30The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.

    31The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads(one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.

    32Then the Benjaminites said,“They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said,“Let’s retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads.”

    33All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.

    34Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah– the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.

    35The LORD annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.

    36Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

    37The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

    38The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

    39the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said,“There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

  • Judg 21:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed.

    6The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!

  • Judg 20:23-25
    3 verses
    78%

    23The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening. They asked the LORD,“Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?” The LORD said,“Attack them!”

    24So the Israelites marched toward the Benjaminites the next day.

    25The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

  • Judg 20:41-43
    3 verses
    78%

    41When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.

    42They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.

    43They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.

  • Judg 21:15-17
    3 verses
    77%

    15The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the LORD had weakened the Israelite tribes.

    16The leaders of the assembly said,“How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

    17The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.

  • 1 Sam 10:20
    76%

    20Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.

  • Judg 21:13
    75%

    13The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.

  • Judg 20:48
    75%

    48The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

  • Judg 21:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20So they commanded the Benjaminites,“Go hide in the vineyards,

    21and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.

    22When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them,“Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”

  • Hos 10:9
    74%

    9Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

  • Judg 19:30
    73%

    30Everyone who saw the sight said,“Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since the Israelites left the land of Egypt! Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

  • Judg 19:16
    73%

    16But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah.(The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)

  • Judg 21:1
    73%

    1600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

  • Josh 22:15
    72%

    15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them: