Judges 21:6-15

6And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin, and said, “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel! 7What are we to do for wives for those who are left, since we have 1sworn by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters as wives?”

8And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not go up to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. 9For when the people were 2counted, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. 10And the congregation sent twelve thousand 3of the valiant warriors there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and 4strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, along with the women and the children. 11And this is the thing that you shall do: you 5shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has 6slept with a male.” 12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man by 7sleeping with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

13Then the whole congregation sent word and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were 8at the rock of Rimmon, and 9proclaimed peace to them. 14And the tribe of Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had allowed to live from the women of Jabesh-gilead; but they 10were not enough for them. 15And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the Lord had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.