Judges 21:15

15 Since the people had a change of heart concerning the Benjaminites because the LORD had caused a rupture in the tribes of Israel,

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 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,

16 the community elders said, "What can we do to provide wives for the ones who are left, seeing that the Benjaminite women have been destroyed?

17 There must be a surviving line for those who remain from Benjamin," they continued, "so that a tribe won't be erased from Israel.