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Israel fights Benjamin over the sin of Gibeah
Benjamin refused to surrender the men of Gibeah. Israel suffered two severe defeats, then sought the LORD with fasting and offerings; on the third day an ambush broke Benjamin's army and Gibeah was burned (Judges 20:1-48).
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📖 Judges 20:1–3
1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. 2The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords. 3(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
Sources: Scripture — Judges 20:1-48
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