Judges 21:14

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Benjamin	בִּנְיָמִן֙ bin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · proper noun, a man's name
again	וַיָּ֤שָׁב vai.Ya.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
time	בָּעֵ֣ת ba.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
gave	וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ vai.yi.te.Nu	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
wives	הַנָּשִׁ֔ים ha.na.Shim	H802	a woman · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
alive	חִיּ֔וּ chi.Yu	H2421	to live · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
women	מִנְּשֵׁ֖י mi.ne.Shei	H802	a woman · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Jabesh-gilead	יָבֵ֣שׁ ya.Vesh	H3003	Jobesh · proper noun, a place name
sufficed	מָצְא֥וּ ma.tze.'U	H4672	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Judges 20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
Judges 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they bro…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 21:1-15

We may observe in these verses, I. The ardent zeal which the Israelites had expressed against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, as it was countenanced by the tribe of Benjamin. Occasion is here given to mention two instances of their zeal on this occasion, which we did not meet with before: - 1. While the general convention of the states was gathering together, and was waiting for a full house before they would proceed, they bound themselves with the great execration, which they called the Cherum, utterly to destroy all those cities that should not send in their representatives and their quota of men upon this occasion, or had sentenced those to that curse who should thus refuse (Jdg 21:5…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 21:8

there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly--This city lay within the territory of eastern Manasseh, about fifteen miles east of the Jordan, and was, according to JOSEPHUS, the capital of Gilead. The ban which the assembled tribes had pronounced at Mizpeh seemed to impose on them the necessity of punishing its inhabitants for not joining the crusade against Benjamin; and thus, with a view of repairing the consequences of one rash proceeding, they hurriedly rushed to the perpetration of another, though a smaller tragedy. But it appears (Jdg 21:11) that, besides acting in fulfilment of their oath, the Israelites had the additional object by this raid of supplying wives to th…

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John Gill on Judges 21:14

And Benjamin came again at that time,.... The six hundred Benjaminites returned with the messengers at the same time to the people of Israel, putting confidence in the assurances they had given them of peace and safety: and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead; in doing which they supposed they had not violated their oath, since though they had sworn that they would not give their own daughters, they had not sworn they would not give the daughters of others; and besides, as the men of Jabeshgilead were not at Mizpeh when the oaths were made, they had taken none, and so their daughters might be given in marriage to the Benjaminites, notwithstanding tha…

Dictionary and topics

Jabesh — Dry. (1.) For Jabesh-Gilead (1 Sam. 11:3, 9, 10). (2.) The father of Shallum (2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14), who usurped the throne of Israel on the death of Zachariah.
Jabesh-Gilead — A town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full view of Beth-shan. It is first mentioned in connection with…
Benjamin, Tribe Of · Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe — Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe
Jabesh-Gilead · A city east of the Jordan River — A city east of the Jordan River
Rashness · .Israel’ s vow to — .Israel’ s vow to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 21:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 21:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 21:8

John Gill on Judges 21:14

Dictionary and topics

Judges 21:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 21:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 21:8

John Gill on Judges 21:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 21:1-14

Rashi on Judges 21:14