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
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civil war ⓘ intertribal conflict ⓘ |
| aftermath |
abduction of women from Shiloh for Benjamites
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provision of wives for surviving Benjamites ⓘ regret among Israelite tribes over loss of Benjamin ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of Judges
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Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
crime at Gibeah
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rape and murder of the Levite’s concubine ⓘ |
| hasGenre | historical narrative ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Gibeah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOpposingSide |
confederation of the other Israelite tribes
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tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | survival of a remnant of Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
tribe of Asher
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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
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collective punishment ⓘ covenant infidelity ⓘ intertribal justice ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
civil strife
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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
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city of Shiloh ⓘ tribal system of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Yahwistic religion of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| result |
massacre of Benjamite population
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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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