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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Israelite war against Benjamin canonical 1

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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 ⓘ