Dr. DildayJul 2, 20192 minJudges 21:23-25: Wives Stolen, Benjamin Rebuilt, Religious ConfusionVerse 23:[1] And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: ...
Dr. DildayJul 1, 20195 minJudges 21:22: Prefabricated Excuse for the Aggrieved Parents of Stolen DaughtersVerse 22:[1] And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable un...
Dr. DildayJun 28, 20197 minJudges 21:20, 21: Plan to Seize the Dancing Girls of ShilohVerse 20:[1] Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards… Verse 21:[2] And see, and, b...
Dr. DildayJun 21, 20193 minJudges 21:19: The Dancing Girls of ShilohVerse 19:[1] Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly (Heb. from year to year[2]) in a place which is on the...
Dr. DildayJun 19, 20194 minJudges 21:16-18: A Plan Forming for Supplying the Other Two Hundred WivesVerse 16:[1] Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out...
Dr. DildayJun 16, 20194 minJudges 21:12-15: The Israelites Finagle Four Hundred Wives for the BenjamitesVerse 12:[1] And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins (Heb. young women virgins[2]), that had know...
Dr. DildayJun 13, 20193 minJudges 21:8-11: Orders to Destroy Jabesh-GileadVerse 8:[1] And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came non...
Dr. DildayJun 11, 20192 minJudges 21:5-7: Israel's Attention ominously Turned toward Jabesh-GileadVerse 5:[1] And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the ...
Dr. DildayJun 10, 20193 minJudges 21:2-4: Israel's Consultation with the Lord concerning the Entangling VowVerse 2:[1] And the people came (Judg. 20:18, 26) to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, ...
Dr. DildayJun 9, 20193 minJudges 21:1: Israel's Problematic VowVerse 1:[1] Now (Judg. 20:1) the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to w...
Dr. DildayJun 7, 20191 minJudges 21: Saving Benjamin, and the Obstacle of an Ill-Considered VowThe people bewail the desolation of Benjamin, 1-7. The inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead, for not coming up to this battle, are all destroyed,...
Dr. DildayJun 6, 20195 minJudges 20:47, 48: Slaughter, and the Benjamite RemnantVerse 47:[1] (Judg. 21:13) But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four ...
Dr. DildayJun 4, 20196 minJudges 20:42-46: The Third Battle at Gibeah: Benjamin's Defeat, Part 3Verse 42:[1] Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and...
Dr. DildayJun 2, 20194 minJudges 20:38-41: The Third Battle at Gibeah: Benjamin's Defeat, Part 2Verse 38:[1] Now there was an appointed sign (or, time[2]) between the men of Israel and (Heb. with[3]) the liers in wait, that they shou...
Dr. DildayMay 31, 20194 minJudges 20:35-37: The Third Battle at Gibeah: Benjamin's Defeat, Part 1Verse 35:[1] And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five ...
Dr. DildayMay 28, 20196 minJudges 20:31-34: The Third Battle at Gibeah: Springing the TrapVerse 31:[1] And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the ...
Dr. DildayMay 23, 20192 minJudges 20:29, 30: The Third Battle at Gibeah: Setting the AmbushVerse 29:[1] And Israel (so Josh. 8:4) set liers in wait round about Gibeah. [And they set ambushes] The promise of God notwithstanding, ...
Dr. DildayMay 21, 20193 minJudges 20:26-28: Israel's Earnest Inquiry into the Will of the LordVerse 26:[1] Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, (Judg. 20:18) went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sa...
Dr. DildayMay 20, 20193 minJudges 20:22-25: The Second Battle at GibeahVerse 22:[1] And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put them...
Dr. DildayMay 18, 20194 minJudges 20:19-21: The First Battle at GibeahVerse 19:[1] And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. Verse 20:[2] And the men of Israel went out ...