Judges 21:15

And the people regretted for Benjamin, because LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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In The King James Version

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

In Context

14And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead. And even so they were not sufficient for them.

16Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

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Cross References

Judges 21:6And the sons of Israel regretted for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

1 Chronicles 13:11And David was displeased, because LORD had broken forth upon Uzza. And he called that place Perez-uzza, to this day.

Isaiah 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.

Matthew Henry on Judges 21:2-16

Lamentation for the Benjamites; Wives Provided for the Benjamites. ( b. c. 1409.) 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early,… Read the whole commentary →

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