1 When the Israelites had met at Mizpahbefore the war with Benjamin,21.1 the Israelites … Benjamin: See 20.1-3.they had made this sacred promise: "None of us will ever let our daughters marry any man from Benjamin."
2 After the war with Benjamin, the Israelites went to the place of worship at Betheland sat there until sunset. They cried loudly and bitterly 3 and prayed, "Our Lord, you are the God of Israel. Why did you let this happen? Now one of our tribes is almost gone."
4 Early the next morning, the Israelites built an altar and offered sacrifices to please the Lordand to ask his blessing.21.4 sacrifices … blessing: See the note at 20.26-28.5 Then they asked each other, "Did any of the tribes of Israelfail to come to the place of worship? We made a sacred promise that anyone who didn’t come to the meeting at Mizpahwould be put to death."
6 The Israelites were sad about what had happened to the Benjamin tribe, and they said, "One of our tribes was almost wiped out. 7 Only a few men of Benjamin weren’t killed in the war. We need to get wives for them, so the tribe won’t completely disappear. But how can we do that, after promising in the Lord's name that we wouldn’t let them marry any of our daughters?"
8,9 Again the Israelites asked, "Did any of the tribes stay away from the meeting at Mizpah?"
After asking around, they discovered that no one had come from Jabeshin Gilead. 10,11 So they sent 12,000 warriors with these orders: "Attack Jabeshin Gilead and kill everyone, except the women who have never been married."
12 The warriors attacked Jabeshin Gilead, and returned to their camp at Shilohin Canaan21.12 in Canaan: Jabesh was in Gilead, across the Jordan River from the land of Canaan.with 400 young women.
13 The Israelites met and sent messengers to the men of Benjaminat RimmonRock, telling them that the Israelites were willing to make peace with them. 14 So the men of Benjamin came back from Rimmon Rock, and the Israelites let them marry the young women from Jabesh. But there weren’t enough women.
15 The Israelites were very sad, because the Lordhad almost wiped out one of their tribes. 16 Then their leaders said:
All the women of the Benjamin tribe were killed. How can we get wives for the men of Benjamin who are left? 17 If they don’t have children, one of the Israelite tribes will die out. 18 But we can’t let the men of Benjaminmarry any of our daughters. We made a sacred promise not to do that, and if we break our promise, we will be under our own curse.
19 Then someone suggested, "What about the Lord's Festival that takes place each year in Shiloh? It’s held north of Bethel, south of Lebonah, and just east of the road that goes from Bethelto Shechem."
20 The leaders told the men of Benjaminwho still did not have wives:
Go to Shiloh and hide in the vineyards near the festival. 21 Wait there for the young women of Shilohto come out and perform their dances. Then rush out and grab one of the young women, then take her home as your wife. 22 If the fathers or brothers of these women complain about this, we’ll say, "Be kind enough to let those men keep your daughter. After all, we couldn’t get enough wives for all the men of Benjamin in the battle at Jabesh. And because you didn’t give them permission to marry your daughters, you won’t be under the curse we earlier agreed on."21.22 on: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 22.
23 The men of Benjaminwent to Shiloh and hid in the vineyards. The young women soon started dancing, and each man grabbed one of them and carried her off. Then the men of Benjaminwent back to their own land and rebuilt their towns and started living in them again.
24 Afterwards, the rest of the Israelites returned to their homes and families.
Israel Was Not Ruled by a King
25 Jg 17.6.In those days Israel wasn’t ruled by a king, and everyone did what they thought was right.
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Mizpah
Hoje: Tell en Nasbeh
מִצְפָּהmitspahἈριμαθαίαArimathaia
Mizpah is the place where the Israelites gathered as one man before the Lord and where Gedaliah, appointed governor by the king of Babylon, received the army officers (2 Kings 25:23).
Bethel is the city formerly called Luz, where God revealed himself to a man fleeing from his brother and where an altar was built; a calf was also set up there (Genesis 35:7).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Mizpah is the place where the Israelites gathered as one man before the Lord and where Gedaliah, appointed governor by the king of Babylon, received the army officers (2 Kings 25:23).
Mizpah is the place where the Israelites gathered as one man before the Lord and where Gedaliah, appointed governor by the king of Babylon, received the army officers (2 Kings 25:23).
Jabesh-gilead is the city whose men went through the night to Beth-shan, took the body of Saul and those of his sons from the wall, and brought them to Jabesh, where they burned them (1 Samuel 31:12).
Jabesh-gilead is the city whose men went through the night to Beth-shan, took the body of Saul and those of his sons from the wall, and brought them to Jabesh, where they burned them (1 Samuel 31:12).
Jabesh-gilead is the city whose men went through the night to Beth-shan, took the body of Saul and those of his sons from the wall, and brought them to Jabesh, where they burned them (1 Samuel 31:12).
Shiloh is the place where Joshua and Eleazar the priest divided the land by lot among the tribes of Israel in the presence of the Lord, and where the house of God stood (Joshua 19:51).
Canaan is the land God promised to give the Israelites as an inheritance. Jacob and his sons lived there, and the Israelites ate manna forty years until they reached the borders of Canaan (Exodus 16:35).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).
Jabesh-gilead is the city whose men went through the night to Beth-shan, took the body of Saul and those of his sons from the wall, and brought them to Jabesh, where they burned them (1 Samuel 31:12).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).
Shiloh is the place where Joshua and Eleazar the priest divided the land by lot among the tribes of Israel in the presence of the Lord, and where the house of God stood (Joshua 19:51).
Bethel is the city formerly called Luz, where God revealed himself to a man fleeing from his brother and where an altar was built; a calf was also set up there (Genesis 35:7).
Bethel is the city formerly called Luz, where God revealed himself to a man fleeing from his brother and where an altar was built; a calf was also set up there (Genesis 35:7).
Shechem is a city in the hill country of Ephraim where Joshua made a covenant with the people, the citizens turned against Abimelech, and Israel gathered to make Rehoboam king (Joshua 24:25).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).
Shiloh is the place where Joshua and Eleazar the priest divided the land by lot among the tribes of Israel in the presence of the Lord, and where the house of God stood (Joshua 19:51).
Jabesh-gilead is the city whose men went through the night to Beth-shan, took the body of Saul and those of his sons from the wall, and brought them to Jabesh, where they burned them (1 Samuel 31:12).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).