Story · 23 · The Hero

Six hundred abducted women

As civil war engulfs Israel at the end of Judges, tens of thousands die and six hundred young women are abducted as wives for warriors.

The body politic dismantled.

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Judges begins with women as heroes and ends with them as victims of the nation's own leaders.

Bible reference: Judges 21

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 373

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