25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Focused Passage
Judges 21:25
Benjamin's Preservation and Israel's Final No-King Verdict
Judges 21 moves from grief over Benjamin's near extinction to morally compromised schemes for tribal preservation, ending with the book's final verdict that life without righteous covenant kingship produces self-justified violence, oath loopholes, and vulnerable people sacrificed to communal repair.
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Verse 25
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In thoseהָהֵ֔םH1992Article | Pronoun - third person masculine pluraldaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralthere was noאֵ֥יןH369Adverbkingמֶ֖לֶךְH4428Noun - masculine singularin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singulareveryoneאִ֛ישׁH376Noun - masculine singulardid [what was]יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃H6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רH3477Article | Adjective - masculine singularin his own eyesבְּעֵינָ֖יוH5869Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular