Read Judges 21.1-14
In 21.1-14: Wives for Benjamin from Jabesh-gilead.
In verse 1: This oath is considered unbreakable (v. 5).
In verse 8: Although others from Gilead had participated (20.1), Jabesh-gilead did not.
In verses 10-11: As a result of their vow, they treat this as holy war and devote to destruction everyone not useful to their plan.
In verse 14: This tradition may explain why Jabesh-gilead and King Saul (a Benjaminite from Gibeah) had friendly relations (1 Sam 11.1-11; 31.11-13).
Four hundred women are not enough for six hundred surviving men.
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