And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn’t find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.’”
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