Judges 21:16

The 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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In The King James Version

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

In Context

15The people felt sorry for the Benjamites because the Lord had made this empty hole among the Israelite tribes.

17They added, “There have to be heirs for the Benjamite survivors—an Israelite tribe of Israel can't be wiped out.

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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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