Judges 21:1-14

1Now the menH376 of IsraelH3478 had swornH7650 in MizpehH4709, sayingH559, There shall not anyH376 of us giveH5414 his daughterH1323 to BenjaminH1144 for a wifeH802.

2And the peopleH5971 cameH935 to the houseH1004 of GodH430H1008, and abodeH3427 there till eveningH6153 beforeH6440 GodH430, and lifted upH5375 their voicesH6963, and weptH1058H1065 bitterlyH1419;

3And saidH559, O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, why is this come to pass in IsraelH3478, that there should be to dayH3117 oneH259 tribeH7626 lackingH6485 in IsraelH3478?

4And it came to pass on the next morningH4283, that the peopleH5971 rose earlyH7925, and builtH1129 there an altarH4196, and offeredH5927 burnt offeringsH5930 and peace offeringsH8002.

5And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Who is there among all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 thatH834 cameH5927 not up with the congregationH6951 to the LORDH3068? For they had made a greatH1419 oathH7621 concerning him that came not upH5927 to the LORDH3068 to MizpehH4709, sayingH559, He shall surelyH4191 be put to deathH4191.

6And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 repentedH5162 for BenjaminH1144 their brotherH251, and saidH559, There is oneH259 tribeH7626 cut offH1438 from IsraelH3478 this dayH3117.

7How shall we doH6213 for wivesH802 for them that remainH3498, seeing we have swornH7650 by the LORDH3068 that we will not giveH5414 them of our daughtersH1323 for wivesH802?

8And they saidH559, What oneH259 is there of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 that came not upH5927 to MizpehH4709 to the LORDH3068? And, behold, there cameH935 noneH376 to the campH4264 from JabeshgileadH3003H1568 to the assemblyH6951.

9For the peopleH5971 were numberedH6485, and, behold, there were noneH376 of the inhabitantsH3427 of JabeshgileadH3003H1568 there.

10And the congregationH5712 sentH7971 there twelveH8147H6240 thousandH505 menH376 of the most valiantH1121H2428, and commandedH6680 them, sayingH559, GoH3212 and smiteH5221 the inhabitantsH3427 of JabeshgileadH3003H1568 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719, with the womenH802 and the childrenH2945.

11And this is the thingH1697 that ye shall doH6213, Ye shall utterly destroyH2763 every maleH2145, and every womanH802 that hath lainH4904 by manH3045.1

12And they foundH4672 among the inhabitantsH3427 of JabeshgileadH3003H1568 fourH702 hundredH3967 youngH5291 virginsH1330, that had knownH3045 no manH376 by lyingH4904 with any maleH2145: and they broughtH935 them to the campH4264 to ShilohH7887, which is in the landH776 of CanaanH3667.2

13And the whole congregationH5712 sentH7971 some to speakH1696 to the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 that were in the rockH5553 RimmonH7417, and to callH7121 peaceablyH7965 to them.34

14And BenjaminH1144 came againH7725 at that timeH6256; and they gaveH5414 them wivesH802 which they had saved aliveH2421 of the womenH802 of JabeshgileadH3003H1568: and yet so they sufficedH4672 them not.