Judges 21:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? ”

Judges 21:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judes 21. Benjamin Saved from Extinction. Two versions of this story have been editorially combined. The second is evidently the older. It was stated that the children of Israel came together as on...
Judges 21:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Judges 21:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? How shall we do for wives for them that remain. Thoug...
Judges 21:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Migrations of the Danites, and the Feud between Benjamin and the other tribes (Judges 17-21) This concluding section is really an appendix. Instead of describing a further deliverance, it reco...
Judges 21:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How shall we do... ? — They want to keep their vow in the letter, while they break it in the spirit. The sense of the binding nature of the “ban” was intensely strong ( Exodus 20:7 ; Ezekiel 17:1...
Judges 21:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 20:1-48 ; Judges 21:1-25 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1-30 ; Judges 20:1-48 ; Judges 21:1-25 THESE last Chapter s describe a general and vehement outburst of moral indign...
Judges 21:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Uninstructed zeal, even in the cause of righteousness, often goes beyond its proper limits. The terrible carnage continued until not above six hundred men of the tribe of Benjamin were left. Another...
Judges 21:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the whole here recorded, to bring the sum, and substance into one point of view; it affords a melancholy picture, take it altogether, very humbling to our nature, and sadly descriptive of...
Judges 21:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said .... This being the case, that there were not wives enough for them, they were obliged to consult again, and consider of another expedient to provide for the...
Judges 21:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? Ver. 16. How shall we do for wives? &c. ] Now all thei...
Judges 21:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TWO FOOLISH OATHS AND FOOLISH ACTIONS (vv. 1-14) God had not told Israel to totally destroy Benjamin, including women and children, but Israel had done this except for the 600 men hiding in the...
Judges 21:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Virgins of Shiloh Surprised. B. C. 1409. 16 Then the elders of the congregation sa...
Judges 21:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For them that remain; for the two hundred who are yet unprovided of wives.
Judges 21:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then the elders of the congregation said, ‘How shall we do for wives for those who remain seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?' Compare Judges 21:7 . The Ban had (in their view, but...
Judges 21:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A GREAT CALAMITY PREVENTED ( Judges 21:1-25 .) HOMILETICS 1. Zeal is always right in denouncing sin . It would have showed a lamentable lack of the reverence due to the God of Israel, if such...
Judges 21:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:4 . Built there an altar, in Mizpeh. This altar had long existed. Exodus 38:1 . Altars were erected in many places: Samuel, David, and Elijah officiated at those altars. Yea, more; the...
Judges 21:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

The men of Israel had sworn. An unreasonable oath 1. It was an oath that flowed from rash rage rather than from real zeal. Men must swear in judgment ( Jeremiah 4:2 ), not when transported with...
Judges 21:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wives for the Remaining Benjamites from the Daughters of Shiloh

Judges 21:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 21:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 21:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 21:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 21:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 21:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 21:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 21:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 21:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 21:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 21:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann