Judges 20:13 (KJV)

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Now therefore deliver us the men the children of Belial which are in Gibeah that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel

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Cross-references

deliver. 2Sa 20:21 2Sa 20:22

children of Belial. Jud 19:22 De 13:13 1Sa 30:22 2Sa 20:1 2Sa 23:6 1Ki 21:13 2Ch 13:7

put away. De 17:7 De 17:12 De 19:19 De 21:21 De 22:21 De 22:24 De 24:7 Ec 11:10

would not. 1Sa 2:25 2Ch 25:16 2Ch 25:20 Pr 29:1 Ho 9:9 Ho 10:9 Ro 1:32 Re 18:4 Re 18:5

The conduct of the Israelites was very equitable in this demand; but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice. However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply corrupted, and (all their advantages considered) as ripe for divine vengeance as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been. Confiding in their own valour and military skill, they seen to have first prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior numbers.

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