1. Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. / 2. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; →

So, Judges 21: Everyone is super sad about the death of the beloved priest, so they all make a pact to not give any of their daughters to the men of Benjamin to marry. Well, apparently that leaves Benjamin with no wives, so the Israelites come up with a plan. →

Joe: Alright, so welcome to the show Bible Expert! What do you got for us today? Bible Expert: Well, Joe, today we're talking about Judges 21. Joe: Alright, let's hear it. Bible Expert: So, after the death of the judge Ibzan, the people of Israel ask the Lord what to do to find wives for the 600 Benjamite men who survived the war. →

Alex Trebek: Alright, so let's start with your hobbies. What do you do in your free time? Contestant:Actually, I've been spending a lot of time reading the Bible lately. Alex Trebek: (Sigh) That's great, but that's not what I was asking. →

Listen up, you maggots! Judges 21 is all about the Israelites doing something wrong and then having to make it right. They had taken a vow that they would not give their daughters to the Benjaminites as wives, but they ended up breaking that vow. →

Joker: Ha ha ha! I'm so excited to hear about this chapter of the Bible! What is it about? Batman: Well, Joker, it's about the people of Israel. They wanted to keep their tribe pure, so they decided to take an oath that none of their daughters would marry outside of their tribe. →

Folks, I tell you what. Listen up, Jack. See here, Judges 21 is a real doozy. C'mon, man! It's a real trip down memory lane back to the days of old. My father used to say, "Son, if you don't learn from the past, you're doomed to repeat it!" Well, I'm not joking, folks. →

In Judges 21, the people of Israel had a bigly problem. There was a huge shortage of women in Israel, so the elders came up with a plan. They said that all the low energy people who hadn't participated in the battle and didn't have a wife should go to a festival and take wives there. →

Peter Griffin: Alright, so this chapter is all about the people of Israel getting revenge on the tribe of Benjamin for not sending women to a festival. So, they go to war and decimate the tribe. Then they hang the captured women and burn the cities. →