The War on Benjamin

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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# 141 - The War on Benjamin - In this episode of The Chosen People, the nation of Israel plunges into civil war, as justice unmoored from righteousness gives way to vengeance. The War of Benjamin reveals how far a people can fall when there is no king to lead them—and how even in ruin, God leaves room for repentance.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 141 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Jeremiah 17:9–10, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human
0:03.5	Previously on the Chosen People.
0:08.3	Come back with me and all shall be as it was.
0:14.2	As it was.
0:16.1	I was neither wife nor slave, neither free nor bound.
0:26.6	I didn't have your covering as a wife, nor did I have the resigned role as a slave. How do I return to such a life?
0:28.6	The road wound downward into the valley, and soon the lights of Gibbya came into view.
0:35.6	What are you doing here? You shouldn't be out in the square after dark.ia came into view. What are you doing here?
0:40.2	You shouldn't be out in the square after dark. The words were barely spoken when a noise broke the stillness.
0:45.5	Faint, eerie laughter from somewhere outside.
0:49.2	The Levite stiffened, his hand drifting to the hilt of his dagger.
0:53.8	The laughter grew louder, joined by the
0:56.1	sound of footsteps and muffled voices. Ah, we want one of those pretty guests you have in there.
1:04.4	Stop being selfish and let us have one. Well, it's not going to be me. His gaze fell on his concubine, who cowered in the corner, her eyes wide with terror.
1:16.6	Slowly, he approached her, his hand trembling as he reached for her.
1:21.6	It's either you or me!
1:23.6	Master, you can't be serious!
1:25.6	Is that you volunteering, Ash? I'm not going to throw myself out
1:30.9	now help me grab her. No, no please. Don't do this. The men descended on her like walls.
1:40.0	Their laughter turning to savage howls. The night stretched on endlessly,
1:45.2	her cries echoing in his mind until they finally fell silent.
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