Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
had sword
Judges 20:1,8,10 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was …
Jeremiah 4:2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in …
There
Judges 21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes …
Judges 11:30,31 And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you shall without …
1 Samuel 14:24,28,29 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured …
Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter …
Mark 6:23 And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give it …
Acts 23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound …
Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according …
his daughter
Exodus 34:12-16 Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants …
Deuteronomy 7:2,3 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall …
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
And 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?
why is
Deuteronomy 29:24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? …
Joshua 7:7-9 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, why have you at all brought this …
Psalm 74:1 O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke …
Psalm 80:12 Why have you then broken down her hedges, so that all they which …
Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.
Isaiah 63:17 O LORD, why have you made us to err from your ways, and hardened …
Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk …
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
rose early
Psalm 78:34,35 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired …
Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, …
built there
Judges 6:26 And build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this rock, …
Exodus 20:24,25 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon …
2 Samuel 24:18,25 And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, raise an …
1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was …
Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
a great oath
Judges 21:1,18 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not …
Judges 5:23 Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse you bitterly the …
Leviticus 27:28,29 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the …
1 Samuel 11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them …
Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed …
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
repented them
Judges 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD …
Judges 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and …
Judges 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until …
2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? …
Hosea 11:8 How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? …
Luke 19:41,42 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it…
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
Jabesh-gilead This place, as its name imports, was situated at Gilead, east of Jordan. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a great town in their time, standing upon a hill, six miles south from Pella, in the way to Geresa, now Djerash. The {Wady Yabes}, mentioned by Burckhardt, which empties itself into the Jordan, in the neighbourhood of Bisan or Beth-shan (see
1 Samuel 31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the …
1 Samuel 11:1-3 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: …
1 Samuel 31:11-13 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the …
2 Samuel 2:5,6 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to …
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Go and smite As they had sworn to destroy those who would not assist in the war (ver.
Judges 21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes …
Judges 21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes …
Judges 5:23 Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse you bitterly the …
Deuteronomy 13:15 You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge …
Joshua 7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, …
1 Samuel 11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them …
1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, …
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
to speak [heb] and spake and called.
the rock Rimmon
Judges 20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the rock …
Joshua 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are …
call peaceably. or, proclaim peace
Deuteronomy 20:10 When you come near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, …
Luke 10:5 And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Ephesians 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them …
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
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.
Then 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.
a feast
Exodus 23:14-16 Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year…
Leviticus 23:3,4,6,10,34 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of …
Numbers 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in …
Numbers 28:16,26 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD…
Numbers 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have an holy …
Deuteronomy 16:1,10 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover to the LORD your God…
Deuteronomy 16:13 You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that …
Psalm 81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our …
John 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
yearly [heb] from year to year.
on the east side. or, toward the sun rising.
of the highway.
or, on
Lebonah Maundrell supposes, that either Khan Leban, which is situated on the eastern side of a `delicious vale,' four leagues south from Shechem, and two leagues north from Bethel, or the village of Leban, which is on the opposite side, occupies the site of the ancient Lenonah. It is eight hours, or about
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
dance
Judges 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter …
Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand…
1 Samuel 18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the …
2 Samuel 6:14,21 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was …
Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him …
Psalm 150:4 Praise him with the tambourine and dance: praise him with stringed …
Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old …
Matthew 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, …
Luke 17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable 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, that ye should be guilty.
Be favourable unto them. or, Gratify us in them
Philemon 1:9-12 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul …
each man
Judges 21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which …
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created …
Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, …
Mark 10:6-8 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female…
1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, …
give unto
Judges 21:1,7,18 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not …
Proverbs 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after …
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
and they went It appears that the Benjamites acted in the most honourable way to the women they had thus violently carried off, and we may rest assured, that they took them to an inheritance more than equal to their own. But this transaction, as well as the indiscriminate massacre of the people of Jabesh-gilead, as Dr. Gray observes, was certainly stamped with injustice and cruelty; and must be condemned on those principles which the Scriptures elsewhere furnish.
repaired
Judges 20:48 And the men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and …
And the children of Israel 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.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
no
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that …
Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the …
right
Judges 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people …
Deuteronomy 12:8 You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every …
Psalm 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our …
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are …
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you …
Micah 2:1,2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when …
