9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
9 For the people H5971 were numbered, H6485 and, behold, there were none H376 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 there.
9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
9 And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.
9 For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead was there.
9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
9 For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
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Commentary on Judges 21 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 21
The ruins of the tribe of Benjamin we read of in the foregoing chapter; now here we have,
Jdg 21:1-15
We may observe in these verses,
Jdg 21:16-25
We have here the method that was taken to provide the 200 Benjamites that remained with wives. And, though the tribe was reduced to a small number, they were only in care to provide each man with one wife, not with more under pretence of multiplying them the faster. They may not bestow their daughters upon them, but to save their oath, and yet marry some of their daughters to them, they put them into a way of taking them by surprise, and marrying them, which should be ratified by their parents' consent, ex post facto-afterwards. The less consideration is used before the making of a vow, the more, commonly, there is need of afterwards for the keeping of it.
Lastly, In the close of all we have,