CHAPTER EXPLORER
Judges 21
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25 verses in KJV · 141 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Judges 21 (KJV)
21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
21:3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1406 BC
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H802ish.shahwoman · 14 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 14 occurrencesH3808lonot · 11 occurrencesH376ishman · 11 occurrencesH1144bin.ya.minBenjamin · 11 occurrencesH9038hemthem · 8 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 8 occurrencesH7626she.vettribe: staff · 7 occurrencesH3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 7 occurrencesH8033shamthere · 6 occurrencesH1008bet-elBethel · 6 occurrencesH5927a.lahto ascend: rise · 5 occurrencesH3427ya.shavto dwell · 5 occurrencesH3117yomday · 5 occurrences
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