Judges 21:13

Then the whole Israelite assembly sent a message to the Benjamites at Pomegranate Rock to tell them, “Peace!”

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In The King James Version

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

In Context

12They managed to find among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred virgins who had not had sex with a man. They took them to the camp in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan.

14So the men of Benjamin went back home, and the Israelites gave them the four hundred women from Jabesh-gilead who had been spared as wives. However, there weren't enough for all of them.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their associated villages.

Judges 20:47There were six hundred who ran away to Pomegranate Rock in the desert and they stayed there four months.

Luke 10:5Whatever house you enter, first of all say, ‘May this house have peace.’

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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