Geneva Bible Notes: Judges 21

Judges 21:1 ^a This othe came of rashenes and not of judgement for after they brake it, in shewing secretly the meanes to mary with certaine of their daughters.

Judges 21:1 ^! The Israelites sweare that they wil not mary their daughters to Benjamites.

Judges 21:4 ^b According to their custome, when they wolde consult with the Lord.

Judges 21:6 ^c Or, repented that they had destroied their brethren, as appeareth {vers. 15}.

Judges 21:8 ^d Condemning them to be fauters of vice, which wolde not put their hand to punish it.

Judges 21:10 ^! They stay them of Jabesh Gilead, and giue their virgines to the Benjamites.

Judges 21:10 ^/ Ebr. children of strength.

Judges 21:13 ^e To wit, about four monethes after the discomfiture, {Chap. 20, 47}.

Judges 21:13 ^/ Or, friendly.

Judges 21:14 ^f For there lacked two hundreth.

Judges 21:17 ^g Benjamin must be reserued to haue the twelft portion in the inheritance of Jaakob.

Judges 21:19 ^h He describeth the place where the maides vsed yerely to dance, as the maner then was & to syng Psalmes and songs of Gods workes emongs them.

Judges 21:21 ^! The Benjamites take the daughters of Shiloh.

Judges 21:22 ⁱ Thogh they thoght hereby to persuade men that they kept their othe, yet before God it was broken.

Judges 21:23 ^k Meaning two hundreth.