The people of Judah The people from Gilead The people from Jabesh The people from the tribe of Micah The Amorite slaves

Go away Cut down the male and female children of Gilead Kill all the men and women who aren’t virgins Do nothing to the virgins Take away the Amorite slaves

They found 400 virgins They took them to Shiloh They comforted them They said they would not kill them They blessed them

They sent messengers to the people of Benjamin They made peace with them The sons of Benjamin returned there The women of Jabesh of Gilead who were alive were given in marriage to the sons of Benjamin The number of women was not enough to marry all the men

They did not feel sorry for the son of Benjamin They thought that the Lord had caused a division in the house of Israel They felt sorry for the sons of Benjamin The women of the people of Benjamin were destroyed and they thought what they could do to get wives for the rest The people of Benjamin did not have their own heir but a clan. They also thought that it would be destroyed

Because they were at war with the tribe of Benjamin Because the confederacy of Israel decreed that those who gave women to the tribe of Benjamin would be cursed Because they had no men Because they hated the tribe of Benjamin Because they cursed the people of Benjamin

Mountain North of Bethel On the shores of the Red Sea South of Lebanon At Shiloh

Go and hide in the vineyard Look carefully The women of Shiloh will come out to dance Then come out of the vineyard Take one of the women of Shiloh each and run to the land of Benjamin

We will say behave with great character We have not taken any women as wives You have not given them women either We will reply like this We will conquer your country

They enticed the women who danced to ask for their number They took the enticed women to their own territory They built cities and lived in them The sons returned each to his family and clan The Israelites each went to his own territory

One took his wife to work The name of the country they went to was Moab His name was Elimelek His wife's name was Naomi Elimelek's sons names were Mahlon and Kilion

He was from Bethlehem in Judah He was a resident of Ephrath from Bethlehem They came to the land of Moab and lived there Elimelek died there When his wife heard of Elimelek's death, he also died

Naomi had no mates except two sisters They married Moabite women The woman's name was Orpah and the other was Ruth It was ten years before they survived Naomi became private when Machlon and Gilion died

The Lord looked upon his people with kindness He made provision for them to have food He heard about this while he was still in the land of Moab He arranged for them to leave the land of Moab Then he died

They left where they were They travelled to the land of Judah They encountered a lion on the way They named the place Singapore The place is still called Singapore