Benjamite Wives
Questions for Study 20
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I. No Benjamite Will Be My Son-in-Law (21:1-5)
1. What did Israel swear? (1) Why might this be so? (19:22-26, 20:12-13)
2. What did Israel do when only six hundred male Benjamites were left? (2) What did they pray to the Lord? (3) How does this show a lack of understanding of God and his covenant with Israel?
3. What did Israel do? (4) Why might they want to know who had not assembled before the Lord at this time?
II. This is How Israel Found Some Wives for Benjamin (21:6-14)
4. How had Israel relented of what had become of the Benjamites? What problem did the have? (7; Num. 30:1-2) Is it possible for believers in Jesus to get themselves into similar situations?
5. Who was not there and thus had not taken the oath? (8-9) Why might they have not been there?
6. What did Israel do to get virgins for the Benjamites? (10-12) How did the six hundred Benjamites respond? What must have it been like to be a woman in Israel at this time?
III. This is How They Found the Rest (21:15-25)
7. Why did Israel grieve? (15)
8. What was soon to happen in Israel? (16-19) How did they decide to use that time to get wives for the rest of the Benjamites? (20-22) Was this right?
9. What did the Benjamites do? (23) What must have Israel felt like when this event was over? (24)
10. Why is the reason stated that this took place? (25) How might have this affected the first two kings of Israel? How might have this affected the first two kings of Israel? (1 Samuel 9:1-2, 16:1; Judges 19:2-3)
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