Judges
21 – One Less Tribe
The
slaughter of the Benjamites caused Israel to be faced with a new problem.
Almost the entire tribe of Benjamin had been destroyed, and the other tribes
vowed not to let their daughters marry any of the few remaining
Benjamites.
Before
the war, the Israelites had made another vow. They said that any who refused to
come to Mizpeh and fight would be put to death. They found out that the men of
Jabesh-Gilead had not responded to their appeal, and so the command went out
for twelve thousand men of Israel to kill the males of Jabesh-Gilead, marry the
women, and bring the virgins back to the camp at Shiloh. These virgins then became wives to four
hundred Benjamites.
The
apostle Paul came from the tribe of Benjamin. No doubt he was grateful for
those four hundred women from Jabesh-Gilead and the two hundred women who were
kidnapped at Shiloh, for they kept the tribe alive.
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Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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