{"podcast":{"title":"The Tanakh Podcast","slug":"the-tanakh-podcast-5773792","podcast_index_feed_id":5773792,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c4d936e4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.alexisrael.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/32925697/32925697-1666642568618-606a2adc26346.jpg","author":"Alex Israel","episode_count":939,"summary":"Study Tanakh with Rav Alex Israel. 10 mins a day. One chapter a day. 929 schedule. --- To donate, see https://buymeacoffee.com/alexisrael https://patreon.com/u51407457","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T20:19:24.449978+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792"},"episode":{"title":"#233 | Shoftim ch.20 - The War Against Binyamin","slug":"233-shoftim-ch-20-the-war-against-binyamin","published_at":"2026-07-18T21:15:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792/233-shoftim-ch-20-the-war-against-binyamin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex-israel/episodes/233--Shoftim-ch-20---The-War-Against-Binyamin-e1smebp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c4d936e4/podcast/play/62650169/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-18%2F6780ffc7-529e-1037-3d01-f5402dbf6860.mp3","summary":"Brother against brother. In this chapter, after hearing about the horrific rape in Givah, 400,000 soldiers wage war, a war of decimation and destruction, against The tribe of Benjamin. But they consult with God twice and each time they lose the battle. Why does God allow them to lose if this is a holy war, a legitimate cause? Or possibly, it is illegitimate?","meta_description":"Brother against brother. In this chapter, after hearing about the horrific rape in Givah, 400,000 soldiers wage war, a war of decimation and destruction,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":849,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792/episodes/233-shoftim-ch-20-the-war-against-binyamin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792/233-shoftim-ch-20-the-war-against-binyamin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}