“And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.”
Israel's lamenting of Benjamin's near-destruction reveals that their initial righteous cause and subsequent military success have produced an outcome they now recognize as catastrophic—the potential elimination of one of the covenant tribes. The realization that a whole tribe might disappear from Israel creates spiritual and social crisis transcending the original violation at Gibeah. This verse documents the shift from satisfaction with justice pursued to horror at justice completed at such devastating cost.
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