士师记 21:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

會眾中的長老說：“便雅憫的女子既然都被除滅了，我們應怎樣行，使那些餘下的人有妻子呢？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
会 中 的 长 老 说 ： 便 雅 悯 中 的 女 子 既 然 除 灭 了 ， 我 们 当 怎 样 办 理 、 使 那 馀 剩 的 人 有 妻 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ The elders of the Israelites said, "The women of Benjamin have been killed. Where can we get wives for the men of Benjamin who are still alive? ¹⁷ These men must have children to continue their families so a tribe in Israel will not die out. ¹⁸ But we cannot allow our daughters to marry them, because we swore, ‘Anyone who gives a wife to a man of Benjamin is cursed.' ¹⁹ We have an idea! There is a yearly festival of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of the city of Bethel, east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and south of the city of Lebonah." ²⁰ So the elders told the men of Benjamin, "Go and hide in the vineyards. ²¹ Watch for the young women from Shiloh to come out to join the dancing. Then run out from the vineyards and take one of the young Shiloh women and return to the land of Benjamin. ²² If their fathers or brothers come to us and complain, we will say: ‘Be kind to the men of Benjamin. We did not get wives for Benjamin during the war, and you did not give the women to the men from Benjamin. So you are not guilty.'" ²³ So that is what the Benjaminites did. While the young women were dancing, each man caught one of them, took her away, and married her. Then they went back to the land God had given them and rebuilt their cities and lived there. ²⁴ Then the Israelites went home to their own tribes and family groups, to their own land that God had given them. ²⁵ In those days Israel did not have a king. All the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.

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Cross-References

Genesis 27:38
But Esau continued, "Do you have only one blessing, Father? Bless me, too, Father!" Then Esau began to cry out loud.

Genesis 29:11
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and cried.

Genesis 44:34
I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I couldn't stand to see my father that sad."

Judges 2:4
After the angel gave Israel this message from the Lord , they cried loudly.

Ruth 1:9
May the Lord give you another happy home and a new husband." When Naomi kissed the women good-bye, they began to cry out loud.

1 Samuel 24:16
When David finished saying these words, Saul asked, "Is that your voice, David my son?" And he cried loudly.

1 Samuel 30:4
Then David and his army cried loudly until they were too weak to cry anymore.

1 Kings 3:26
The real mother of the living child was full of love for her son. So she said to the king, "Please, my master, don't kill him! Give the baby to her!" But the other woman said, "Neither of us will have him. Cut him into two pieces!"

Esther 8:6
I could not stand to see that terrible thing happen to my people. I could not stand to see my family killed."

Isaiah 49:15
The Lord answers, "Can a woman forget the baby she nurses? Can she feel no kindness for the child to which she gave birth? Even if she could forget her children, I will not forget you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said.... This being the case, that there were not wives enough for them, they were obliged to consult again, and consider of another expedient to provide for them; and this motion came from the elders of the people, not only in years, but in office:

how shall we do for wives for them that remain: the other two hundred, who had none:

seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? and so no wives to be had there; and as for the Israelites which came to Mizpeh, who were of all the tribes of Israel, they had solemnly sworn that they would not give any of their daughters to them, and therefore it was a very difficult thing to provide wives for them.