Judges 21:6

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 21:15 : 15 The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the LORD had weakened the Israelite tribes.
  • 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then Abner called out to Joab,“Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 The Divine Dilemma: Judgment or Mercy? How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”
  • Judg 20:23 : 23 The 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!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 21:12-18
    7 verses
    86%

    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.

    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.

    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 21:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    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.”

    8So they asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.

  • Judg 21:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    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 21:5
    81%

    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.

  • Judg 20:10-15
    6 verses
    79%

    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 20:3
    77%

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

  • Judg 21:20-24
    5 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Josh 22:21
    74%

    21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:

  • Judg 20:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    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 20:30-32
    3 verses
    73%

    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.”

  • Judg 20:39
    73%

    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.”

  • 1 Sam 10:20
    72%

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

  • Judg 20:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    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 20:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    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 20:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Josh 22:15
    71%

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

  • Gen 42:21
    71%

    21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    70%

    7God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

  • Judg 20:48
    70%

    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.

  • Num 1:37
    70%

    37Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

  • Judg 20:17
    70%

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

  • Gen 42:36
    70%

    36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”