Judges 21:16 meaning and explanation
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
Judges 21:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The elders of Israel speak here after the tribe of Benjamin has been nearly wiped out in a civil war. The men of Israel had earlier sworn not to give their daughters to Benjamites, and the women spared from Jabesh-gilead were too few for the survivors.
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