Judges 21:23
“And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the children of Benjamin did so,.... Went and laid wait in the vineyards, and when the daughters of Shiloh came out…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Compare the very similar account of the rape of the Sabine women by the Romero youths at the festival of the Consualia,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 21:16-25
We have here the method that was taken to provide the 200 Benjamites that remained with wives. And, though the tribe was…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
took them wives … carried off Render carried off wives… seized. The expression to take wivesin the sense of marryis…