Matthew Henry Commentary
- The Israelites lament for the Benjamites. --Israel lamented for the Benjamites, and were perplexed by the oat they had taken, not to give their daughters to them in marriage. Me are more zealous to support their own authority than that of God. The would have acted better if they had repented of their rash oaths brought sin-offerings, and sought forgiveness in the appointed way rather than attempt to avoid the guilt of perjury by actions quite a wrong. That men can advise others to acts of treachery or violence, ou of a sense of duty, forms a strong proof of the blindness of the huma mind when left to itself, and of the fatal effects of a conscienc under ignorance and error _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ויתפקד6485 העם5971 והנה2009 אין369 שׁם8033 אישׁ376 מיושׁבי3427 יבשׁ3003 גלעד׃1568
