Judges 21:3

And sayde, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that this day one tribe of Israel should want?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 vnto ye house of God and abode there till euen before God, and lift vp their voyces, and wept with great lamentation,

4And on the morow the people rose vp and made there an altar, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:7And Ioshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people ouer Iorden, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, and to destroye vs? would God we had bene content to dwell on the other side Iorden.

Psalms 80:12Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?

Isaiah 63:17O Lord, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, and for the tribes of thine 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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