I will teach them a new word:\par ‘Peace.’\par I will give peace to the people near me\par and to the people that are far away.\par I will heal (forgive) those people!”\par The Lord himself said these things.\par
Judges 21:13 - Easy To Read Version Then the people of Israel sent a message to the men of Benjamin. They offered to make peace with the men of Benjamin. The men of Benjamin were at the place named the Rock of Rimmon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the whole congregation sent word to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon and invited them to be friendly with them. American Standard Version (1901) And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them. Common English Bible The whole community then sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon and offered them a truce. Catholic Public Domain Version And they sent messengers to the sons of Benjamin, who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they instructed them, so that they would receive them in peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they sent messengers to the children of Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and commanded them to receive them in peace. |
I will teach them a new word:\par ‘Peace.’\par I will give peace to the people near me\par and to the people that are far away.\par I will heal (forgive) those people!”\par The Lord himself said these things.\par
Christ came and preached peace to you people (non-Jews) who were far away \{from God\}. And he preached peace to the people (Jews) who were near \{to God\}.
“When you go to attack a city, you must first offer peace to the people there.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. In all, there were 29 towns and all their fields.
The army of Benjamin turned around and ran toward the desert. They ran to a place called the Rock of Rimmon. But the army of Israel killed 5,000 soldiers from Benjamin along the roads. They kept chasing the men of Benjamin. They chased them as far as a place named Gidom. The army of Israel killed 2,000 more men from Benjamin in that place.
But 600 men from Benjamin ran into the desert. They went to the place called the Rock of Rimmon and stayed there for four months.
Those 12,000 soldiers found 400 young women in the city of Jabesh Gilead, that had never had sex with a man. The soldiers brought those women to the camp at Shiloh. Shiloh is in the land of Canaan.
So the men of Benjamin came back to Israel. The people of Israel gave them the women from Jabesh Gilead that they had not killed. But there were not enough women for all the men of Benjamin.