Shìshījì 21:2

2 Yǐsèliè rén lái dào Bótèlì , zuò zaì shén miànqián zhídào wǎnshang , fàng shēng tòngkū ,

Shìshījì 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:2

And the people came to the house of God
Not to the city Bethel, as the Targum, Septuagint, and other versions, but to Shiloh, where were the tabernacle and ark; and this is to be understood of the army after they had utterly destroyed the Benjaminites: hence we read of the camp in Shiloh, ( Judges 21:12 ) , here they came not so much to rejoice, and be glad, and to return thanks for the victory they had at last obtained, as to lament the unhappy case of the tribe of Benjamin, and to have counsel and advice, and consider of ways and means to repair their loss:

and abode there till even before God;
fasting and praying, instead of feasting and rejoicing:

and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
not so much, or at least not only for the 40,000 Israelites that were slain, but for the tribe of Benjamin, in danger of being lost, as follows.

Shìshījì 21:2 In-Context

1 Yǐsèliè rén zaì Mǐsībā céng qǐshì shuō , wǒmen dōu bú jiāng nǚér gĕi Biànyǎmǐn rén wèi qī .

2 Yǐsèliè rén lái dào Bótèlì , zuò zaì shén miànqián zhídào wǎnshang , fàng shēng tòngkū ,

3 Shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén a , wèihé Yǐsèliè zhōng yǒu zhèyàng quē le yī zhīpaì de shì ne .

4 Cì rì qīngzǎo , bǎixìng qǐlai , zaì nàli zhú le yī zuò tán , xiàn Fánjì hépíng ān jì .

5 Yǐsèliè rén bǐcǐ wèn shuō , Yǐsèliè gè zhīpaì zhōng , shuí méiyǒu tóng huì zhòng shàng dào Yēhéhuá miànqián lái ne . xiān shì Yǐsèliè rén qǐ guō dà shì shuō , fán bú shàng Mǐsībā dào Yēhéhuá miànqián lái de , bìjiāng tā zhìsǐ .