Judges 21:15
The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the LORD had weakened the Israelite tribes.
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- Judg 21:6 : 6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!
- Judg 21:17 : 17 The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.
- 1 Chr 13:11 : 11 David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.
- 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 The first time you did not carry it; that is why the LORD God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.”
- Isa 30:13 : 13 So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.
- Isa 58:12 : 12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
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- Judg 21:5-73 verses86%
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!
7How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
- Judg 21:16-183 verses84%
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.
18But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’
- Judg 21:12-143 verses80%
12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins who had never been intimate with a man in bed. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
13The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.
14The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around.
- Judg 21:1-33 verses78%
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.”
2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
3They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
- Judg 20:10-156 verses77%
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.
12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying,“How could such a wicked thing take place?
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 21:20-245 verses76%
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.’”
23The Benjaminites did as instructed. They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. They went home to their own territory, rebuilt their cities, and settled down.
24Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property.
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3The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said,“Explain how this wicked thing happened!”
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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 20:41-422 verses75%
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.
- Judg 20:20-256 verses74%
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.
22The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.
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 20:31-322 verses74%
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.”
- Judg 20:35-362 verses73%
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.
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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.
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21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:
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14Then the LORD relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
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20Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.
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37Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
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7God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.
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15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:
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16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!
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17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.
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45The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
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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.