Judges 21:3

and said, Therefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that today one tribe should be counted as missing from Israel?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

2And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;

4And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole burnt offerings and + 21:4 See chap 20:26. peace offerings.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, therefore has your servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? + 7:7 Gr. and if we had. would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan.

Psalms 80:12So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways. 1

Isaiah 63:17Why have you caused us to err, O Lord, from your way? and has hardened our hearts, that we should not fear you? Return for your servants' sake, for the sake of the tribes of your inheritance,

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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