Judges 21:14 (GNV)

Passage

And Beniamin came againe at that time, and they gaue them wiues which they had saued aliue of the women of Iabesh Gilead: but they had not so ynough for them.

Nearby Context

Judges 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead foure hundreth maides, virgins that had knowne no man by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the hoste to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Judges 21:13 Then the whole Congregation sent and spake with the children of Beniamin that were in the rocke of Rimmon, and called peaceably vnto them:

Judges 21:14 And Beniamin came againe at that time, and they gaue them wiues which they had saued aliue of the women of Iabesh Gilead: but they had not so ynough for them.

Judges 21:15 And the people were sorie for Beniamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Judges 21:16 Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beniamin", "came", "againe", "time", "gaue", "wiues", "saued", and "aliue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beniamin" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Then the whole Congregation sent and spake..." into verse 15's "And the people were sorie for Beniamin...", so "beniamin" and "came" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "beniamin" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.