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Israel's Civil War Against Benjamin: Justice, Judgment, and Near Tribal Ruin
Judges 20 moves from shocked national unity over Gibeah's outrage, through Benjamin's refusal to give up the guilty, through repeated defeat and intensified seeking of the LORD, into divinely granted victory that becomes catastrophic civil war and leaves Benjamin almost extinguished.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
12And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
13Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
14And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
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