the Benjaminite war
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The Benjaminite war was a brutal civil conflict in ancient Israel, recounted in the Book of Judges, in which the other Israelite tribes nearly annihilated the tribe of Benjamin after a horrific crime in Gibeah.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjaminite war | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Israelite conflict
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biblical event ⓘ civil war ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of Judges
NERFINISHED
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Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
crime at Gibeah
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rape and murder of a Levite’s concubine ⓘ |
| hasGenre | biblical narrative ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure | the Levite whose concubine was abused ⓘ |
| hasKeyGroup |
assembly at Mizpah
ⓘ
elders of Israel ⓘ |
| hasKeyPlace |
Jabesh-gilead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiloh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Bethel
NERFINISHED
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Gibeah NERFINISHED ⓘ Mizpah NERFINISHED ⓘ territory of Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasMainBelligerent |
tribe of Benjamin
ⓘ
tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| hasMoralInterpretation |
critique of tribal violence
ⓘ
warning against moral anarchy ⓘ |
| hasOpposingSide |
confederation of the other eleven tribes of Israel
ⓘ
tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
inter-tribal reconciliation measures
ⓘ
mass casualties among Israelites ⓘ near annihilation of the tribe of Benjamin ⓘ preservation of a remnant of Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAspect |
consultation of Yahweh at Bethel
ⓘ
offerings and sacrifices by Israelites ⓘ |
| hasResultingAction |
abduction of women from Shiloh as wives for Benjaminites
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massacre at Jabesh-gilead to obtain wives for Benjaminites ⓘ oath by Israelite tribes not to give daughters to Benjaminites ⓘ |
| hasSourceTextChapter |
Judges 19
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Judges 20 ⓘ Judges 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
collective punishment
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covenant loyalty and violation ⓘ inter-tribal justice ⓘ social chaos in Israel ⓘ |
| isNarrativelyLinkedTo | refrain in Judges: 'In those days there was no king in Israel' ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySource | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
period of the Judges
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pre-monarchic Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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