"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."
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Verse Judges 21:24. _EVERY MAN TO HIS TRIBE_] Though this must have
been _four months_ after the war with Benjamin, Judges 20:47; yet it
appears the armies did not disband till they had got the remnan...
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CHAPTER 21 THE REPENTANCE ABOUT BENJAMIN
_ 1. Sorrow of the people and Jabesh-Gilead smitten (Judges 21:1)_
2. The restoration of Benjamin (Judges 21:16)
A tribe of the nation was almost entirely ex...
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JUDES 21. BENJAMIN SAVED FROM EXTINCTION. Two versions of this story
have been editorially combined. The second is evidently the older. It
was stated that the children of Israel came together as one m...
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_departed_ WENT THEIR WAYS, as the form of the verb implies, going in
this direction and that, cf. Genesis 13:17; Joshua 18:4. The first
_from thence_may mean from Shiloh, the second, from the tribal...
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_Wives for the Benjamites Judges 21:8-25_
8 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 Jabesh-gilead...
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THE MIGRATIONS OF THE DANITES, AND THE FEUD BETWEEN BENJAMIN AND THE
OTHER TRIBES (JUDGES 17-21)
This concluding section is really an appendix. Instead of describing a
further deliverance, it recount...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 21
V1 *Israel’s men had made this serious promise to the *Lord at
Mizpah. ‘We will not allow our daughters to marry a man from
Benjamin’s *tribe.’ V...
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וַ יִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ מִ שָּׁ֤ם בְּנֵֽי
־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֔יא
אִ֥ישׁ לְ שִׁבְטֹ֖ו...
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Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
THESE last Chapter s describe a general and vehement outburst of moral
indignation throughout Israel, reco...
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Uninstructed zeal, even in the cause of righteousness, often goes
beyond its proper limits. The terrible carnage continued until not
above six hundred men of the tribe of Benjamin were left. Another o...
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Two hundred men still remained of Benjamin who had no wives. Because
of the oath at Mizpah, the men could not give them any wives. However,
they did advise them to come up at the next annual feast at...
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_Himself. This remark has been made twice before, respecting the
conduct of Michas and of Dan, both which deserved reprehension. It
seems to be added here for the same purpose, that we might not be so...
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I pass over the whole here recorded, to bring the sum, and substance
into one point of view; it affords a melancholy picture, take it
altogether, very humbling to our nature, and sadly descriptive of...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DEPARTED THENCE AT THAT TIME, EVERY MAN TO
HIS TRIBE AND TO HIS FAMILY,.... The war being ended, and things
settled as well as circumstances would admit of, for the preserva...
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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.
Ver. 24. _And the children of Israel dep...
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1 The people bewaile the desolation of Beniamin.
8 By the destruction of Iabesh Gilead they prouide them foure hundred
wiues.
16 They aduise them to surprise the virgines that daunced at Shiloh.
1...
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WIVES FOR THE REMAINING BENJAMITES FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF SHILOH...
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TWO FOOLISH OATHS AND FOOLISH ACTIONS
(vv. 1-14)
God had not told Israel to totally destroy Benjamin, including women
and children, but Israel had done this except for the 600 men hiding
in the Roc...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 21:24 children H1121 Israel H3478 departed H1980 (H8691) time
H6256 man H376 tribe H7626 family H4940 out H3318 (H8799) man H376
inheritance H5159...
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‘ And the children of Israel left there at that time, every man to
his tribe and every man to his family, and they went out from there
every man to his inheritance.'
The repetition is typical of anci...
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CONTENTS: Mourning for the lost tribe of Benjamin.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: There may be overdoing in well doing. Great care must be
taken in the government of our zeal, for even necessary justi...
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Judges 21:4. _Built there an altar,_ in Mizpeh. This altar had long
existed. Exodus 38:1. Altars were erected in many places: Samuel,
David, and Elijah officiated at those altars. Yea, more; the Lord'...
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_The men of Israel had sworn._
AN UNREASONABLE OATH
1. It was an oath that flowed from rash rage rather than from real
zeal. Men must swear in judgment (Jeremiah 4:2), not when transported
with pass...
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A GREAT CALAMITY PREVENTED
(Judges 21:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
1. _Zeal is always right in denouncing sin_.
It would have showed a lamentable lack of the reverence due to the God
of Israel, if such a hideo...
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Now, these men [in chapter twenty-one, had made an oath] they had
sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter
unto Benjamin for a wife (Judges 21:1).
These Benjamites do these...