Judges 21:1-14
The Expedition Against Jabesh-Gilead... [ Continue Reading ]
The Expedition Against Jabesh-Gilead... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, at the time of the great assembly, Judges 20:1, when the embittered feeling against Benjamin ran high, SAYING, THERE SHALL NOT ANY OF US GIVE HIS DAUGHTER UNTO BENJAMIN, to any member of that tribe, TO WIFE, man for man they had promised that.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people, after the close of the war of vengeance, CAME TO THE HOUSE OF GOD, to Bethel, where the Ark of the Covenant remained till the end of the campaign, AND ABODE THERE TILL EVEN BEFORE GOD, AND LIFTED UP THEIR VOICES, AND WEPT SORE, realizing the extent of their passionate outburst and it... [ Continue Reading ]
and said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? The fierceness of civil war had had its usual consequences, but the complaint of the people included, at the same time, the prayer that God might show them ways and means of av... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose early, and built there an altar, large enough for their purpose, AND OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE-OFFERINGS, for they realized that the plans which they had could not be realized without a full reconciliation with the Lord, which meant, of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel said, realizing that there might be a way out of their difficulty, WHO IS THERE AMONG ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL THAT CAME NOT UP WITH THE CONGREGATION UNTO THE LORD, to take part in this campaign of vengeance? FOR THEY HAD MADE A GREAT OATH, which included the threat of dea... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel (had) REPENTED THEM, they had been filled with deep sympathy and care for the rebuilding of the tribe of Benjamin, FOR BENJAMIN, THEIR BROTHER, AND SAID, THERE IS ONE TRIBE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL THIS DAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, whence and how could wives be provided for them, SEEING WE HAVE SWORN BY THE LORD THAT WE WILL NOT GIVE THEM OF OUR DAUGHTERS TO WIVES? These two factors, that of the oath and that of the possible non-appearance of some part of the tribes, having been... [ Continue Reading ]
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that come not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, when they made careful inquiry, a thing which they had neglected to do in their first indignation and zeal, THERE CAME, had come, NONE TO THE CAMP FROM JABESH-GILEAD, a city of the valley ea... [ Continue Reading ]
For the people were numbered, to make sure that this report was true, AND, BEHOLD, THERE WERE NONE OF THE INHABITANTS OF JABESH-GILEAD THERE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, especially renowned among men known for their valor, and commanded them, SAYING, GO AND SMITE THE INHABITANTS OF JABESH-GILEAD WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, as a punishment for their neglect in joining the congregation of the Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man, in carnal intercourse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they, the men of the expedition, FOUND AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF JABESH-GILEAD FOUR HUNDRED YOUNG VIRGINS, THAT HAD KNOWN NO MAN BY LYING WITH ANY MALE; AND THEY BROUGHT THEM UNTO THE CAMP TO SHILOH, where it had been removed, now that the campaign had been brought to a close, WHICH IS IN THE LAN... [ Continue Reading ]
And the whole congregation sent some, envoys, TO SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN THAT WERE IN THE ROCK RIMMON, AND TO CALL PEACEABLY UNTO THEM, to assure them of their peaceful intentions.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Benjamin came again at that time, the six hundred men that had escaped returned to the land of their inheritance; AND THEY, the congregation GAVE THEM WIVES WHICH THEY HAD SAVED ALIVE OF THE WOMEN OF JABESH-GILEAD, the four hundred virgins; AND YET SO THEY SUFFICED THEM NOT, for there were still... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people repented them, they were again filled with anxious care, FOR BENJAMIN, BECAUSE THAT THE LORD HAD MADE A BREACH IN THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, since this one tribe had been almost exterminated.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIVES FOR THE REMAINING BENJAMITES FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF SHILOH... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the elders of the congregation said, in discussing other possibilities of securing wives for the remaining Benjamites, HOW SHALL WE DO FOR WIVES FOR THEM THAT REMAIN, SEEING THE WOMEN ARE DESTROYED OUT OF BENJAMIN? So far as the members of their tribe were concerned, there were no women for the... [ Continue Reading ]
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, ways and means had to be found to that end, THAT A TRIBE BE NOT DESTROYED OUT OF ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters; for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they said, as an expedient was finally suggested to them, BEHOLD, THERE IS A FEAST OF THE LORD IN SHILOH YEARLY, year after year, IN A PLACE WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BETHEL, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THAT GOETH UP FROM BETHEL TO SHECHEM AND ON THE SOUTH OF LEBONAH, this detailed desc... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;... [ Continue Reading ]
and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, at the designated time, probably the festival of the Passover, THEN COME YE OUT OF THE VINEYARDS, AND CATCH YOU EVERY MAN HIS WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF SHILOH, the virgin which he intended to make his wife, AND GO TO THE LA... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, to make this robbery of the virgins a court case, THAT WE WILL SAY UNTO THEM, BE FAVORABLE UNTO THEM FOR OUR SAKES, BECAUSE WE RESERVED NOT TO EACH MAN HIS WIFE IN THE WAR; FOR YE DID NOT GIVE UNTO THEM AT THIS TIME, THA... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught, a total of two hundred virgins; AND THEY WENT AND RETURNED UNTO THEIR INHERITANCE, AND REPAIRED THE CITIES, which had been burned down, AND DWELT IN THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel, all those who had been engaged in the campaign of punishment against Benjamin, DEPARTED THENCE AT THAT TIME, EVERY MAN TO HIS TRIBE AND TO HIS FAMILY, AND THEY WENT OUT FROM THENCE EVERY MAN TO HIS INHERITANCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes, a notice once more inserted by the author, in order to intimate that such things would probably not have happened if there had been a strong central government dispensing justice in the entire nation. Just... [ Continue Reading ]