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Regret Over Severity, Not War
Commentators explain that Israel's repentance was not about the justice of the war, but about the brutal severity of its execution. They grieved the near-total destruction of their brother tribe, Benjamin, and feared the permanent loss of one of Israel's twelve families.
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John Gill
On Judges 21:6
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their
brother
Not that they wen…
Matthew Henry
On Judges 21:1–25
17th Century
Minister
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…