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Judges 21:18 KJV
Judges · chapter 21 · verse 18 · King James Version
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.Judges 21:18 · King James Version
Judges 21:18 in context
16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
18Howbeit 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.
19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly 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.
20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Cursedʼârarto execrateH779 →
- wivesʼishshâha womanH802 →
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