John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:16
Then the elders of the congregation said .... This being the case, that there were not wives enough for them, they were obliged to consult again, and consider of another expedient to provide for them; and this motion came from the elders of the people, not only in years, but in office: how shall we do for wives for them that remain : the other two hundred, who had none: seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin ? and so no wives to be had there; and as for the Israelites which... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 21:16-25
We have here the method that was taken to provide the 200 Benjamites that remained with wives. And, though the tribe was reduced to a small number, they were only in care to provide each man with one wife, not with more under pretence of multiplying them the faster. They may not bestow their daughters upon them, but to save their oath, and yet marry some of their daughters to them, they put them into a way of taking them by surprise, and marrying them, which should be ratified by their... read more