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Judges 21:14 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Judges 21:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Judges chapter 21 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Judges 21:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Judges 21:14
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. The remnant of Benjamin accepted the peace terms and received wives which they had saved alive from Jabesh-gilead's destruction (21:8-12). The phrase "saved alive" (chayah, חָיָה) reveals the brutal context—Israel had executed all male inhabitants and married women of Jabesh-gilead for failing to join the war against Benjamin (21:10-11), sparing only 400 virgins. This "solution" involved genocide against a fellow Israelite city.The tragic p...
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Cross-References for Judges 21:14
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“who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh”
“because of sexual immoralities”
“and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.”