Judges 21:15
in Judges 21The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
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ASV
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
KJV
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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This verse in Judges 21
Commentary
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The people grieved for Benjamin
The sentence lays the loss on the LORD, who “had made a void in the tribes of Israel”. The same stroke is traced to the LORD at Uzzah's death at 2 Samuel 6:8 and 1 Chronicles 15:13. In both places it comes from inside Israel rather than from an enemy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the people repented them for Benjamin,.... That they had destroyed all their women, and that they had saved no more of the daughters of Jabeshgilead, not a sufficient number to be wives to the Benjaminites: because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel; by almost destroying one of them; for though this was done by the Israelites, yet by the permission and according to the will of God, and through his overruling providence.
They did not repent of their zeal against the sin; there is a holy indignation against sin, the fruit of godly sorrow, which is to salvation, not to be repented of, 2 Cor. vii. But they repented of the sad consequences of what they had done, that they had carried the matter further than was either just or necessary.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָעָ֥ם | vehaam | and the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| נִחָ֖ם | nicham | it had compassion | H5162 → | 108 times |
| לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן | levinyamin | to Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָשָׂ֧ה | ʾasah | he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| פֶּ֖רֶץ | peretz | a breach | H6556 → | |
| בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י | beshivtei | in [the] tribes of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְהָעָ֥םand the people
vehaamH5971 →1873 times
נִחָ֖םit had compassion
nichamH5162 →108 times
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ןto Benjamin
levinyaminH1144 →166 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עָשָׂ֧הhe had made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
פֶּ֖רֶץa breach
peretzH6556 →
בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥יin [the] tribes of
beshivteiH7626 →190 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:4
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Amos 9:14
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Ezekiel 36:33
This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.
- Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we…
- Amos 9:11
“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
- Isaiah 61:4
Through
1 Chronicles 15:13It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
- 1 Corinthians 14:40
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- 2 Samuel 6:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.