Israelite war against Benjamin

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The Israelite war against Benjamin was a brutal civil conflict in ancient Israel, recounted in the Book of Judges, in which the other tribes nearly annihilated the tribe of Benjamin after a grievous crime in Gibeah.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical event
civil war
intertribal conflict
aftermath abduction of women from Shiloh for Benjamites
provision of wives for surviving Benjamites
regret among Israelite tribes over loss of Benjamin
describedIn Book of Judges NERFINISHED
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
hasCause crime at Gibeah
rape and murder of the Levite’s concubine
hasGenre historical narrative
hasLocation Gibeah NERFINISHED
hasOpposingSide confederation of the other Israelite tribes
tribe of Benjamin
hasOutcome survival of a remnant of Benjamin
hasParticipant tribe of Asher NERFINISHED
tribe of Benjamin NERFINISHED
tribe of Dan NERFINISHED
tribe of Ephraim NERFINISHED
tribe of Gad NERFINISHED
tribe of Issachar NERFINISHED
tribe of Judah NERFINISHED
tribe of Levi NERFINISHED
tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED
tribe of Naphtali
tribe of Reuben NERFINISHED
tribe of Simeon NERFINISHED
tribe of Zebulun NERFINISHED
hasTheme breakdown of law and order
collective punishment
covenant infidelity
intertribal justice
isCharacterizedBy civil strife
extreme brutality
mass slaughter
languageOfPrimarySource Biblical Hebrew
locatedIn ancient Israel NERFINISHED
moralInterpretation illustration of the phrase “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes”
narrativeSection Judges chapters 19–21
relatedTo city of Mizpah NERFINISHED
city of Shiloh
tribal system of ancient Israel
religiousContext Yahwistic religion of ancient Israel
result massacre of Benjamite population
near annihilation of the tribe of Benjamin
oath by Israelite tribes not to give daughters to Benjamin
scripturalTradition Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED
timePeriod period of the Judges

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Levite of Ephraim triggersEvent Israelite war against Benjamin