Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, ‘Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath.’ ”
Commentaries
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You did not give ... - i.e., they had not broken the oath mentioned in (Judges 21:1), so as to be guilty of taking the Lord’s na…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Be favorable to them for our sakes. —Rather, Present them (otham, masculine, as in Judges 21:12) to us;…
John Gill
JohnGill
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come
to us to complain
Of this …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Israel lamented for the Benjamites and was perplexed by the oath they had taken not to give their daughters to them in marriage. People are more ze…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes