And they said, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped Benjamin,....
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Judges 21:17
Judges 21:17
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Judges 21 — OverviewJudges 21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe ruins of the tribe of Benjamin we read of in the foregoing chapter;
now here we have, I. The lamentation which Israel made over these
ruins, ver. 1-4, 6, 15. II. The provision they made for the repair of…Judges 21 — OverviewJudges 21 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJudges 21:1, The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin; Judges 21:8, By the destruction of Jabesh-gilead they provide them four hundred wives; Judges 21:16, They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that…Judges 21 — OverviewJudges 21 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates how that when the Israelites calmed down, and seriously to reflect on what had passed, they were sore grieved, and much lamented the case of Benjamin, and were particularly concerned what they…Judges 21:16-25Judges 21:16-25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the method that was taken to provide the 200 Benjamites
that remained with wives. And, though the tribe was reduced to a small
number, they were only in care to provide each man with one wife, not…Judges 21:17Judges 21:17 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgean inheritance: Numbers 26:55, Numbers 36:7