Judges 20:12 · KJV
“And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness {is} this that is done among you?”
— Judges 20:12
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. {knit...: Heb. fellows}
Now therefore deliver {us} the men, the children of Belial, which {are} in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
Judges 20 — Context
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. {knit...: Heb. fellows}
12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness {is} this that is done among you?
13Now therefore deliver {us} the men, the children of Belial, which {are} in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Cross References
Joshua 22:13-16
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, {if it be} truth, {and} the thing certain, {that} such abomination is wrought among you;
Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Deuteronomy 20:10
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Matthew 18:15-18
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.