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Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they weren`t enough for them.
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A Desperate Shortage
Commentators clarify the practical problem Israel faced. After the 600 surviving men of Benjamin returned, they were given the 400 women saved from Jabesh-gilead. This initial solution, however, was insufficient, leaving 200 Benjamite men still without wives and setting the stage for the next desperate plan.
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19th Century
Anglican
Came again —i.e., returned to their desolate towns.
Yet so they sufficed them not. —There…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Benjamin came again at that time The six hundred Benjaminites returned with the messengers at the same time to the pe…
Presbyterian
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…
