Judges 21:15

And the people + 21:15 Gr. See ver. 6.relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint

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 to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and + 21:14 Gr. it pleased them thus.they were content.

16And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

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Cross References

Judges 21:6And the children of Israel + 21:6 Or, comforted themselves, or were comforted.relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel.

1 Chronicles 13:11And David was dispirited, because the Lord had made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day.

Isaiah 30:13therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand.

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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