Judges 21:13

13 The whole community then sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon and offered them a truce.

Judges 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:13

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children
of Benjamin
Sent some messengers to them, to call them, and desire them to come to them:

that were in the rock Rimmon;
the six hundred men who had hid themselves in a cave in it, of which the people of Israel were informed:

and to call peaceably unto them;
to proclaim peace to them, and assure them of it, and to let them know that they had no ill design against them, that they might come safely to them, and would be kindly received and protected by them.

Judges 21:13 In-Context

11 Here's what you should do: Exterminate every man and every woman who has slept with a man."
12 Among the people of Jabesh-gilead, they found four hundred young women who had not known a man intimately or slept with one, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
13 The whole community then sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon and offered them a truce.
14 So the Benjaminites returned at that time, and they gave them the women from Jabesh-gilead that they had allowed to live. Even so, there weren't enough for them.
15 Since the people had a change of heart concerning the Benjaminites because the LORD had caused a rupture in the tribes of Israel,

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