What does Judges 21:13 mean?
Six hundred Benjaminite men have been hiding from the armies of Israel; they are the last people left alive from their entire tribe (Judges 20:47–48). Their sanctuary is the "rock of Rimmon," sometimes called "Pomegranate Rock" because holes in the limestone cliffs resemble the seeds in the pomegranate fruit. It's possible these men don't yet realize they are the last of their people.Whatever they knew, or didn't, they were probably surprised when an Israelite delegation showed up. That message was one of peace; in the moment, it was probably as literal as shouting loudly that it was safe to come out. No threat remained. On the contrary, those who hunted these men now work under a plan to save them and their tribe from ending.