Judgment Must be Rendered Shocked by the wickedness of what had happened in the
previous chapter Israel gathered at Mizpah which was only
four miles north of Gibeah, for action (vv. 1-2). From north
to south and from both sides of the Jordan they assembled
for vengeance. Leaders from all the tribes but Benjamin
and ...
God’s Law Commanded Death The guilty ones were named and sent for, but the
Benjamites rejected the request of the other tribes to
surrender those wicked men of Gibeah for execution in
order to purge the evil (vv. 12-13). Benjamin, because of
pride, apparently felt that he could manage their own
affairs and punish their ...
The Horrors of a Civil War Her second advance against the Benjamites was again
fiercely checked as 18,000 of her warriors lay dead on the
field of battle (vv. 24-25). Perhaps one reason the Lord
permitted Israel to have these initial defeats was to bring
then to a point of repentance. Now fasting and the offering
of ...
Tricked into Surrender Unfortunately, in the beginning chapters of this book gross
immorality had taken place and had set tribe against tribe
and class against class. It led to political anarchy. First
there was religious apostasy in the temple, then moral
awfulness in the home, and finally political anarchy in the
state ...
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Judgment Must be Rendered
Shocked by the wickedness of what had happened in the previous chapter Israel gathered at Mizpah which was only four miles north of Gibeah, for action (vv. 1-2). From north to south and from both sides of the Jordan they assembled for vengeance. Leaders from all the tribes but Benjamin and ...
God’s Law Commanded Death
The guilty ones were named and sent for, but the Benjamites rejected the request of the other tribes to surrender those wicked men of Gibeah for execution in order to purge the evil (vv. 12-13). Benjamin, because of pride, apparently felt that he could manage their own affairs and punish their ...
The Horrors of a Civil War
Her second advance against the Benjamites was again fiercely checked as 18,000 of her warriors lay dead on the field of battle (vv. 24-25). Perhaps one reason the Lord permitted Israel to have these initial defeats was to bring then to a point of repentance. Now fasting and the offering of ...
Tricked into Surrender
Unfortunately, in the beginning chapters of this book gross immorality had taken place and had set tribe against tribe and class against class. It led to political anarchy. First there was religious apostasy in the temple, then moral awfulness in the home, and finally political anarchy in the state ...