Judges 21:13

וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ כָּל ־ הָעֵדָה וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל ־ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן אֲשֶׁר בְּסֶלַע רִמּוֹן וַיִּקְרְאוּ לָהֶם שָׁלֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

12וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי ׀ יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָדְעָה אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר וַיָּבִיאוּ אוֹתָם אֶל ־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן ׃ ס

14וַיָּשָׁב בִּנְיָמִן בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר חִיּוּ מִנְּשֵׁי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד וְלֹֽא ־ מָצְאוּ לָהֶם כֵּֽן ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 15:32וּלְבָאוֹת וְשִׁלְחִים וְעַיִן וְרִמּוֹן כָּל ־ עָרִים עֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן ׃ ס

Judges 20:47וַיִּפְנוּ וַיָּנֻסוּ הַמִּדְבָּרָה אֶל ־ סֶלַע הָֽרִמּוֹן שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ בְּסֶלַע רִמּוֹן אַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִֽׁים ׃

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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