Introduction
Overview
Judges 21 . 1 , The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin; Judges 21 . 8 , By the destruction of Jabesh-gilead they provide them four hundred wives; Judges 21 . 16 , They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh.
had sworn . Judges 20 . 1 , Judges 20 . 8 , Judges 20 . 10 , Jeremiah 4 . 2
There . Judges 21 . 5 , Judges 11 . 30 , Judges 11 . 31 , 1 Samuel 14 . 24 , 1 Samuel 14 . 28 , 1 Samuel 14 . 29 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 2 , Mark 6 . 23 , Acts 23 . 12 , Romans 10 . 2
his daughter . Exodus 34 . 12-16 , Deuteronomy 7 . 2 , Deuteronomy 7 . 3
Reciprocal . Judges 11 . 35 . I cannot Judges 21 . 7 . sworn Judges 21 . 18 . sworn Judges 21 . 22 . give unto Jeremiah 40 . 6 . Mizpah Matthew 14 . 9 . the oath's
the house . Judges 21 . 12 , Judges 20 . 18 , Judges 20 . 23 , Judges 20 . 26 , Joshua 18 . 1
lifted . Judges 2 . 4 , Genesis 27 . 38 , 1 Samuel 30 . 4
Reciprocal . Numbers 11 . 18 . ye have wept Joshua 7 . 6 . until the eventide 1 Samuel 1 . 10 . wept sore 1 Samuel 11 . 4 . lifted up
why is . Deuteronomy 29 . 24 , Joshua 7 . 7-9 , Psalm 74 . 1 , Psalm 80 . 12 , Proverbs 19 . 3 , Isaiah 63 . 17 , Jeremiah 12 . 1
Reciprocal . Judges 17 . 6 . no king
rose early . Psalm 78 . 34 , Psalm 78 . 35 , Hosea 5 . 15
built there . Judges 6 . 26 , Exodus 20 . 24 , Exodus 20 . 25 , 2 Samuel 24 . 18 , 2 Samuel 24 . 25 , 1 Kings 8 . 64 , Hebrews 13 . 10
Reciprocal . Leviticus 3 . 1 . a sacrifice Judges 6 . 24 . built 1 Samuel 6 . 14 . offered 1 Samuel 14 . 35 . built 1 Kings 18 . 32 . And with
a great oath . Judges 21 . 1 , Judges 21 . 18 , Judges 5 . 23 , Leviticus 27 . 28 , Leviticus 27 . 29 , 1 Samuel 11 . 7 , Jeremiah 48 . 10
Reciprocal . Joshua 11 . 3 . land Joshua 15 . 38 . Mizpeh Judges 20 . 1 . Then all Judges 20 . 8 . We will not Judges 21 . 10 . Go and smite 1 Samuel 7 . 17 . he built Ezra 10 . 8 . And that whosoever
repented them . Judges 21 . 15 , Judges 11 . 35 , Judges 20 . 23 , 2 Samuel 2 . 26 , Hosea 11 . 8 , Luke 19 . 41 , Luke 19 . 42
Reciprocal . Psalm 68 . 27 . little
sworn . Judges 21 . 1 , Judges 21 . 18 , 1 Samuel 14 . 28 , 1 Samuel 14 . 29 , 1 Samuel 14 . 45
Reciprocal . Leviticus 5 . 4 . to do evil Judges 21 . 22 . give unto Matthew 14 . 9 . the oath's
Jabeshgilead . This place , as its name imports , was situated in Gilead , east of Jordan. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a great town in their time , standing upon a hill , six miles south from Pella , in the way to Geresa , now Djerash. The Wady Yabes , mentioned by Burckhardt , which empties itself into the Jordan , in the neighbourhood of Bisan or Beth-shan . see note on 1 Samuel 31 . 11 , and upon which Pella was situated . celebrated by Pliny , 1. v. c. 18 , for its fine waters seems to have taken its name from Jabesh. Near this spot , we must therefore look for its site; and the place called Kalaat Rabbad seems to correspond , very nearly , to the spot; though it probably still retains among the Arabs its ancient name. 1 Samuel 11 . 1-3 , 1 Samuel 31 . 11-13 , 2 Samuel 2 . 5 , 2 Samuel 2 . 6
Reciprocal . Numbers 21 . 24 . Israel Joshua 11 . 3 . land
Reciprocal . Judges 5 . 23 . they came
Go and smite . As they had sworn to destroy those who would not assist in the war . Judges 21 . 5 , they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh , and to leave none except the virgins; and to give these to the 600; Benjamites who had escaped to the rock of Rimmon. The whole account is dreadful. The crime of the men of Gibeah was of the deepest dye; the punishment involving both the guilty and innocent , was extended to the most criminal excess , and their mode of remedying the evil they had occasioned was equally abominable. Judges 21 . 5 , Judges 5 . 23 , Deuteronomy 13 . 15 , Joshua 7 . 24 , 1 Samuel 11 . 7 , 1 Samuel 15 . 3
every male . Numbers 31 . 17 , Numbers 31 . 18 , Deuteronomy 2 . 34
hath lain by man . Heb. knoweth the lying with man
Reciprocal . Leviticus 27 . 28 . no devoted Numbers 31 . 7 . all Jeremiah 44 . 7 . to cut
virgins . Heb. women
virgins . Shiloh , Judges 20 . 18 , Judges 20 . 23 , Joshua 18 . 1 , Psalm 78 . 60 , Jeremiah 7 . 12
Reciprocal . Numbers 31 . 17 . kill every male Judges 21 . 2 . the house Judges 21 . 14 . sufficed them not Jeremiah 7 . 5 . if ye thoroughly
to speak . Heb. and spake and called
the rock Rimmon . Judges 20 . 47 , Joshua 15 . 32
call peaceably . or , proclaim peace , Deuteronomy 20 . 10 , Isaiah 57 . 19 , Luke 10 . 5 , Ephesians 2 . 17
Reciprocal . Zechariah 14 . 10 . Rimmon
sufficed them not . Judges 21 . 12 , Judges 20 . 47 , 1 Corinthians 7 . 2
Reciprocal . Judges 21 . 22 . each man
repented . Judges 21 . 6 , Judges 21 . 17
a breach . 1 Chronicles 13 . 11 , 1 Chronicles 15 . 13 , Isaiah 30 . 13 , Isaiah 58 . 12
an inheritance . Numbers 26 . 55 , Numbers 36 . 7
Reciprocal . Judges 21 . 15 . repented
sworn . Judges 21 . 1 , Judges 11 . 35
Reciprocal . Leviticus 5 . 4 . to do evil Leviticus 27 . 28 . no devoted Judges 21 . 5 . a great oath Judges 21 . 7 . sworn Judges 21 . 22 . give unto Matthew 26 . 74 . began
a feast . Exodus 23 . 14-16 , Leviticus 23 . 2 , Leviticus 23 . 4 , Leviticus 23 . 6 , Leviticus 23 . 10 , Leviticus 23 . 34 , Numbers 10 . 10 , Numbers 28 . 16 , Numbers 28 . 26 , Numbers 29 . 12 , Deuteronomy 16 . 1 , Deuteronomy 16 . 10 , Deuteronomy 16 . 13 , Psalm 81 . 3 , John 5 . 1 , John 7 . 2
yearly . Heb. from year to year
on the east side . or , toward the sun rising
of the highway . or , on
Lebonah . Maundrell supposes , that either Khan Leban , which is situated on the eastern side of a "delicious vale ," four leagues south from Shechem , and two leagues north from Bethel , or the village of Leban , which is on the opposite side , occupies the site of the ancient Lebonah. It is eight hours , or about 24 miles , from Jerusalem , according to Dr. Richardson.
Reciprocal . Joshua 18 . 1 . Shiloh Joshua 19 . 51 . in Shiloh 2 Samuel 20 . 13 . the highway
dance . Judges 11 . 34 , Exodus 15 . 20 , 1 Samuel 18 . 6 , 2 Samuel 6 . 14 , 2 Samuel 6 . 21 , Psalm 149 . 3 , Psalm 150 . 4 , Ecclesiastes 3 . 4 , Jeremiah 31 . 13 , Matthew 10 . 17 , Luke 17 . 25
Reciprocal . Joshua 19 . 51 . in Shiloh Judges 18 . 31 . all the time
Be favourable unto them . or , Gratify us in them , Philemon 1 . 9-12
each man . Judges 21 . 14 , Genesis 1 . 27 , Genesis 7 . 13 , Mark 10 . 6-8 , 1 Corinthians 7 . 2
give unto . Judges 21 . 1 , Judges 21 . 7 , Judges 21 . 18 , Proverbs 20 . 25
and they went . It appears that the Benjamites acted in the most honourable way to the women they had thus violently carried off , and we may rest assured , that they took them to an inheritance more than equal to their own. But this transaction , as well as the indiscriminate massacre of the people of Jabesh-gilead , as Dr. Gray observes , was certainly stamped with injustice and cruelty; and must be condemned on those principles which the Scriptures elsewhere furnish.
repaired . Judges 20 . 48
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 36 . Every man
no . Judges 17 . 6 , Judges 18 . 1 , Judges 19 . 1
right . Judges 18 . 7 , Deuteronomy 12 . 8 , Psalm 12 . 4 , Proverbs 3 . 5 , Proverbs 14 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 11 . 9 , Micah 2 . 1 , Micah 2 . 2
Reciprocal . Hosea 9 . 9 . Gibeah