Israelite war against Benjamin

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The Israelite war against Benjamin was a brutal civil conflict in ancient Israel, recounted in the Book of Judges, in which the other tribes nearly annihilated the tribe of Benjamin after a grievous crime in Gibeah.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical event
civil war
intertribal conflict
aftermath abduction of women from Shiloh for Benjamites
provision of wives for surviving Benjamites
regret among Israelite tribes over loss of Benjamin
describedIn Book of Judges
linked to: Judges

Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
hasCause crime at Gibeah
rape and murder of the Levite’s concubine
hasGenre historical narrative
hasLocation Gibeah
hasOpposingSide confederation of the other Israelite tribes
tribe of Benjamin
hasOutcome survival of a remnant of Benjamin
hasParticipant tribe of Asher
linked to: Tribe of Asher

tribe of Benjamin
linked to: Tribe of Benjamin

tribe of Dan
linked to: Tribe of Dan

tribe of Ephraim
tribe of Gad
linked to: Tribe of Gad

tribe of Issachar
linked to: Tribe of Issachar

tribe of Judah
linked to: Tribe of Judah

tribe of Levi
linked to: Tribe of Levi

tribe of Manasseh
linked to: Tribe of Manasseh

tribe of Naphtali
tribe of Reuben
linked to: Tribe of Reuben

tribe of Simeon
linked to: Tribe of Simeon

tribe of Zebulun
linked to: Tribe of Zebulun
hasTheme breakdown of law and order
collective punishment
covenant infidelity
intertribal justice
isCharacterizedBy civil strife
extreme brutality
mass slaughter
languageOfPrimarySource Biblical Hebrew
locatedIn ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
moralInterpretation illustration of the phrase “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes”
narrativeSection Judges chapters 19–21
relatedTo city of Mizpah
linked to: Mizpah

city of Shiloh
tribal system of ancient Israel
religiousContext Yahwistic religion of ancient Israel
result massacre of Benjamite population
near annihilation of the tribe of Benjamin
oath by Israelite tribes not to give daughters to Benjamin
scripturalTradition Deuteronomistic history
timePeriod period of the Judges

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Levite of Ephraim triggersEvent Israelite war against Benjamin