And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
When the people of Israel heard about this, the entire nation gathered together at Shiloh, ready to go to war against them.
The writer is showing how quickly the Israelites were ready to fight when they thought their fellow tribes had betrayed God.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Joshua, after the Israelites had conquered and settled in the Promised Land, the tribes east of the Jordan River built an altar that the western tribes misinterpreted as an act of rebellion or idolatry. This led the rest of the Israelite congregation to gather at Shiloh, a central religious site where the Tabernacle was located, preparing to wage war to maintain unity and faithfulness to God. The event highlights the tensions among the tribes during this period of establishing their inheritance.
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