the Benjaminite war

E466914

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Benjaminite war 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Israelite conflict
biblical event
civil war
describedIn Book of Judges NERFINISHED
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
hasCause crime at Gibeah
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
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
massacre at Jabesh-gilead to obtain wives for Benjaminites
oath by Israelite tribes not to give daughters to Benjaminites
hasSourceTextChapter Judges 19
Judges 20
Judges 21 NERFINISHED
hasTheme collective punishment
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
Judaism
timePeriod period of the Judges
pre-monarchic Israel NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Levite of Ephraim associatedWith the Benjaminite war