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Judges 21:1 KJV
Judges · chapter 21 · verse 1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.Judges 21:1 · King James Version
Judges 21:1 in context
1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
3And 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- MizpehMitspâhMitspah, the name of two places in PalestineH4709 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- swornshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
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We may observe in these verses, I. The ardent zeal which the Israelites had expressed against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, as it was countenanced by the tribe of Benjamin. Occasion is here given to mention two instances of their zeal on this occasion, which we did not meet with before: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15