Judges 21:15

15 The people felt bad for Benjamin; God had left out Benjamin - the missing piece from the Israelite tribes.

Judges 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:15

And the people repented them for Benjamin
That they had destroyed all their women, and that they had saved no more of the daughters of Jabeshgilead, not a sufficient number to be wives to the Benjaminites:

because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel;
by almost destroying one of them; for though this was done by the Israelites, yet by the permission and according to the will of God, and through his overruling providence.

Judges 21:15 In-Context

13 Then the congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the Rimmon Rock and offered them peace.

14 And Benjamin came. They gave them the women they had let live at Jabesh Gilead. But even then, there weren't enough for all the men.

15 The people felt bad for Benjamin; God had left out Benjamin - the missing piece from the Israelite tribes.

16 The elders of the congregation said, "How can we get wives for the rest of the men, since all the Benjaminite women have been killed?

17 How can we keep the inheritance alive for the Benjaminite survivors? How can we prevent an entire tribe from extinction?