Judges 21

Judges 21

The other eleven tribes solemnly vow not to give any of their daughters in marriage to the surviving 600 men of Benjamin, regretting their near-extinction of a tribe. To save Benjamin from dying out, they discover that the people of Jabesh-Gilead did not send any men to the initial assembly. The Israelites slaughter the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, taking four hundred virgins and giving them as wives to the Benjamites. They then devise a further plan, instructing the remaining Benjamites to kidnap the young women dancing at the annual festival in Shiloh, concluding the chaotic era with profound moral compromises.

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Ezra 4

The enemies of Judah (local inhabitants) try to join the rebuilding project and are rejected. They then secretly work to hinder and discourage the builders, eventually persuading the King of Persia to issue a stop-work order.

Ezra 5

After a fifteen-year delay, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah encourage the discouraged people to resume the Temple rebuilding. The Persian governor, Tattenai, investigates the work.

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