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The children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
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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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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Presbyterian
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