Judges 21:6

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

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In The King James Version

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

In Context

5And the sons of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that did not come up in the assembly to LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to LORD to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be

7What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

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Cross References

Judges 20:23And the sons of Israel went up and wept before LORD until evening. And they asked of LORD, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the sons of Benjamin my brother? And LORD said, Go up against him.

2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Know thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before thou bid the people return from following their brothers?

Luke 19:41And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it,

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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