Judges 21:6

Context
21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to¹ their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire² tribe from Israel!

Judges 21:15

Context

21:15 The people regretted what had happened to³ Benjamin because the Lord had weakened⁴ the Israelite tribes.

[21:6] ¹tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:6] ²tn Heb “cut off one.”

[21:15] ³tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:15] ⁴tn Heb “had made a gaping hole in.” The narrator uses imagery that compares Israel to a wall that has been breached.