1 When the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, they had made a solemn promise to the Lord: "None of us will allow a Benjaminite to marry a daughter of ours." 2 So now the people of Israel went to Betheland sat there in the presence of God until evening. Loudly and bitterly they mourned: 3 "LordGod of Israel, why has this happened? Why is the tribe of Benjamin about to disappear from Israel?"
4 Early the next morning the people got up and built an altar there. They offered fellowship sacrifices and burned some sacrifices whole. 5 They asked, "Is there any group out of all the tribes of Israelthat did not go to the gathering in the Lord's presence at Mizpah?" (They had taken a solemn oath that anyone who had not gone to Mizpahwould be put to death.) 6 The people of Israelfelt sorry for their brothers the Benjaminites and said, "Today Israelhas lost one of its tribes. 7 What shall we do to provide wives for the men of Benjamin who are left? We have made a solemn promise to the Lordthat we will not give them any of our daughters."
8 When they asked if there was some group out of the tribes of Israelthat had not gone to the gathering at Mizpah, they found out that no one from Jabeshin Gilead had been there; 9 at the roll call of the army no one from Jabeshhad responded. 10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand of their bravest men with the orders, "Go and kill everyone in Jabesh, including women and children. 11 Kill all the males, and also every woman who is not a virgin." 12 They found four hundred young virgins among the people in Jabesh, so they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 Then the whole assembly sent word to the Benjaminites who were at RimmonRock and offered to end the war. 14 The Benjaminites came back, and the other Israelites gave them the young women from Jabeshwhom they had not killed. But there were not enough of them.
15 The people felt sorry for the Benjaminites because the Lordhad broken the unity of the tribes of Israel. 16 So the leaders of the gathering said, "There are no more women in the tribe of Benjamin. What shall we do to provide wives for the men who are left? 17 Israel must not lose one of its twelve tribes. We must find a way for the tribe of Benjamin to survive, 18 but we cannot allow them to marry our daughters, because we have put a curse on anyone who allows a Benjaminite to marry one of our daughters."
19 Then they thought, "The yearly festival of the Lordat Shilohis coming soon." (Shilohis north of Bethel, south of Lebonah, and east of the road between Betheland Shechem.) 20 They told the Benjaminites, "Go and hide in the vineyards 21 and watch. When the young women of Shilohcome out to dance during the festival, you come out of the vineyards. Each of you take a wife by force from among them and take her back to the territory of Benjamin with you. 22 If their fathers or brothers come to you21.22: One ancient translation you; Hebrew us.and protest, you21.22: Probable text you; Hebrew we.can tell them, ‘Please let us keep them, because we did not take them from you in battle to be our wives. And since you did not give them to us, you are not guilty of breaking your promise.’"
23 The Benjaminites did this; each of them chose a wife from the young women who were dancing at Shiloh and carried her away. Then they went back to their own territory, rebuilt their towns, and lived there. 24 At the same time the rest of the Israelites left, and every man went back to his own tribe and family and to his own property.
25 Jg 17.6There was no king in Israel at that time. Everyone did whatever they pleased.
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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).
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)”
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)”
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).
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).
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).
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).
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)”
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).
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).
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).