15 And the people (A)had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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15 The people grieved for Benjamin,(A) because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

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And the people of Israel (A)had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.

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Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said.

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12 (A)And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
    you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
    the restorer of streets to dwell in.

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12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(A)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(B)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(C)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

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13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you
    (A)like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
    whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;

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13 this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,(A) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses(B) suddenly,(C) in an instant.

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13 (A)Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.”

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13 It was because you, the Levites,(A) did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us.(B) We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.(C)

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11 And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza[a] to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:11 Perez-uzza means the breaking out against Uzzah

11 Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:11 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

17 And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

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17 The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.(A)

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