1. Judges 21:16 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What are the elders doing in their reflection on the problem?

Judges 21:16 (ESV)

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

The elders ask, What shall we do for wives for those who are left…? Their way of phrasing things in effect puts them in the best light possible, where they are taking upon themselves the responsibility for the Benjamites’ welfare.1