the Benjaminite war

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

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instanceOf ancient Israelite conflict ⓘ
biblical event ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
describedIn Book of Judges ⓘ
linked to: Judges

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
hasCause crime at Gibeah ⓘ
rape and murder of a Levite’s concubine ⓘ
hasGenre biblical narrative ⓘ
hasKeyFigure the Levite whose concubine was abused ⓘ
hasKeyGroup assembly at Mizpah ⓘ
elders of Israel ⓘ
hasKeyPlace Jabesh-gilead ⓘ
Shiloh ⓘ
hasLocation Bethel ⓘ
Gibeah ⓘ
Mizpah ⓘ
territory of Benjamin ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
tribes of Israel ⓘ
hasMoralInterpretation critique of tribal violence ⓘ
warning against moral anarchy ⓘ
hasOpposingSide confederation of the other eleven tribes of Israel ⓘ
tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
hasOutcome inter-tribal reconciliation measures ⓘ
mass casualties among Israelites ⓘ
near annihilation of the tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
preservation of a remnant of Benjamin ⓘ
hasReligiousAspect consultation of Yahweh at Bethel ⓘ
offerings and sacrifices by Israelites ⓘ
hasResultingAction abduction of women from Shiloh as wives for Benjaminites ⓘ
massacre at Jabesh-gilead to obtain wives for Benjaminites ⓘ
oath by Israelite tribes not to give daughters to Benjaminites ⓘ
hasSourceTextChapter Judges 19 ⓘ
Judges 20 ⓘ
Judges 21 ⓘ
linked to: Judges
hasTheme collective punishment ⓘ
covenant loyalty and violation ⓘ
inter-tribal justice ⓘ
social chaos in Israel ⓘ
isNarrativelyLinkedTo refrain in Judges: 'In those days there was no king in Israel' ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySource Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
locatedIn ancient Israel ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Israel
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
timePeriod period of the Judges ⓘ
pre-monarchic Israel ⓘ

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Levite of Ephraim → associatedWith → the Benjaminite war ⓘ