Judges 21:15

וְהָעָם נִחָם לְבִנְיָמִן כִּֽי ־ עָשָׂה יְהוָה פֶּרֶץ בְּשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

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

16וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה מַה ־ נַּעֲשֶׂה לַנּוֹתָרִים לְנָשִׁים כִּֽי ־ נִשְׁמְדָה מִבִּנְיָמִן אִשָּֽׁה ׃

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Cross References

Judges 21:6וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ בִּנְיָמִן אָחִיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ נִגְדַּע הַיּוֹם שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

1 Chronicles 13:11וַיִּחַר לְדָוִיד כִּֽי ־ פָרַץ יְהוָה פֶּרֶץ בְּעֻזָּא וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃

Isaiah 30:13לָכֵן יִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם הֶעָוֺן הַזֶּה כְּפֶרֶץ נֹפֵל נִבְעֶה בְּחוֹמָה נִשְׂגָּבָה אֲשֶׁר ־ פִּתְאֹם לְפֶתַע יָבוֹא שִׁבְרָֽהּ ׃

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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