Judges 21:15

The people felt sorry for the Benjamites because the Lord had made this empty hole among the Israelite tribes.

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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

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.

16The elders of the assembly asked, “What shall we do to supply the remaining wives because all the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

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Cross References

Judges 21:6The Israelites felt sorry for their brother Benjamin, saying, “Today one tribe has been hacked off from Israel!

1 Chronicles 13:11David became angry with the Lord for his violent outburst against Uzzah. He named the place Perez-uzzah, and it is still called that today.

Isaiah 30:13your punishment will suddenly fall on you, like a high wall that bulges out and collapses 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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