How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
What can we do to find wives for the men who are left, since we have made a solemn promise to the LORD that we won't let any of our daughters marry them?
The writer is showing how the Israelites struggled with the consequences of their hasty vow, realizing they had created a problem for the surviving Benjamites who needed wives.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes after Israel's civil war against the tribe of Benjamin, where nearly the entire tribe was wiped out except for 600 men. Before the battle, the other tribes had sworn an oath not to give their daughters in marriage to any Benjamite. Now they faced a dilemma: how could the tribe of Benjamin survive and rebuild without wives for the remaining men?
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