Passage Research
Judges 21 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Judges 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 375 / 141
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Judges 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּנְיָמִין | Binyâmîyn | H1144 | 11 | Binjamin |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 14 | woman |
| שֵׁבֶט | shêbeṭ | H7626 | 7 | scion, stick |
| יָבֵשׁ | Yâbêsh | H3003 | 5 | Jobesh |
| גִּלְעָד | Gilʻâd | H1568 | 5 | Gilad |
| שִׁילֹה | Shîylôh | H7887 | 4 | Shiloh |
| בֵּית־אֵל | Bêyth-ʼÊl | H1008 | 4 | Beth-El |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Judges 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXI The lamentation of Israel over Benjamin, ver. 1-7. They procure wives for the remaining Benjamites of the virgins of Jabesh-Gilead, ver. 8-15. And of the daughters of Shiloh, ver. 16- 25. 1. Had sworn - In the beginning of this war, after the whole tribe had espoused the quarrel of the men of Gibeah. Saying - They do not here swear the utter extirpation of the tribe, which fell out beyond their expectation, but only not to give their daughters to those men who should survive; …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Judges 21:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mizpah 3 — Judg 21:1
- Jabesh-gilead — Judg 21:10
- Canaan — Judg 21:12
- Shiloh — Judg 21:12
- Rimmon 1 — Judg 21:13
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