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(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?
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Benjamin's Defiant Absence
Commentators like Gill and Ellicott agree that the tribe of Benjamin was not absent by accident. They likely received the same summons as the other tribes but deliberately ignored it. This refusal was possibly due to pride, a desire to protect their own guilty members, or a gross underestimation of the other tribes' resolve.
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19th Century
Anglican
Heard. —Probably the Benjamites had received the same summons as the other tribes (), but insolently refused to notice the summons…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh…
Presbyterian
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…
