1 Now the men 376 of Israel 3478 had sworn 7650 in Mizpeh 4709, saying 559, There shall not any 376 of us give 5414 his daughter 1323 unto Benjamin 1144 to wife 802.
2 And the people 5971 came 935 to the house 1004 of God 430 1008, and abode 3427 there till even 6153 before 6440 God 430, and lifted up 5375 their voices 6963, and wept 1058 1065 sore 1419;
3 And said 559, O LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, why is this come to pass in Israel 3478, that there should be to day 3117 one 259 tribe 7626 lacking 6485 in Israel 3478?
4 And it came to pass on the morrow 4283, that the people 5971 rose early 7925, and built 1129 there an altar 4196, and offered 5927 burnt offerings 5930 and peace offerings 8002.
5 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 said 559, Who is there among all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478 that 834 came 5927 not up with the congregation 6951 unto the LORD 3068? For they had made a great 1419 oath 7621 concerning him that came not up 5927 to the LORD 3068 to Mizpeh 4709, saying 559, He shall surely 4191 be put to death 4191.
6 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 repented 5162 them for Benjamin 1144 their brother 251, and said 559, There is one 259 tribe 7626 cut off 1438 from Israel 3478 this day 3117.
7 How shall we do 6213 for wives 802 for them that remain 3498, seeing we have sworn 7650 by the LORD 3068 that we will not give 5414 them of our daughters 1323 to wives 802?
8 And they said 559, What one 259 is there of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478 that came not up 5927 to Mizpeh 4709 to the LORD 3068? And, behold, there came 935 none 376 to the camp 4264 from Jabeshgilead 3003 1568 to the assembly 6951.
9 For the people 5971 were numbered 6485, and, behold, there were none 376 of the inhabitants 3427 of Jabeshgilead 3003 1568 there.
10 And the congregation 5712 sent 7971 thither twelve 8147 6240 thousand 505 men 376 of the valiantest 1121 2428, and commanded 6680 them, saying 559, Go 3212 and smite 5221 the inhabitants 3427 of Jabeshgilead 3003 1568 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719, with the women 802 and the children 2945.
11 And this is the thing 1697 that ye shall do 6213, Ye shall utterly destroy 2763 every male 2145, and every woman 802 that hath lain 4904 by man 3045.
12 And they found 4672 among the inhabitants 3427 of Jabeshgilead 3003 1568 four 702 hundred 3967 young 5291 virgins 1330, that had known 3045 no man 376 by lying 4904 with any male 2145: and they brought 935 them unto the camp 4264 to Shiloh 7887, which is in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.
13 And the whole congregation 5712 sent 7971 some to speak 1696 to the children 1121 of Benjamin 1144 that were in the rock 5553 Rimmon 7417, and to call 7121 peaceably 7965 unto them.
14 And Benjamin 1144 came again 7725 at that time 6256; and they gave 5414 them wives 802 which they had saved alive 2421 of the women 802 of Jabeshgilead 3003 1568: and yet so they sufficed 4672 them not.
15 And the people 5971 repented 5162 them for Benjamin 1144, because that the LORD 3068 had made 6213 a breach 6556 in the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478.
16 Then the elders 2205 of the congregation 5712 said 559, How shall we do 6213 for wives 802 for them that remain 3498, seeing the women 802 are destroyed 8045 out of Benjamin 1144?
17 And they said 559, There must be an inheritance 3425 for them that be escaped 6413 of Benjamin 1144, that a tribe 7626 be not destroyed 4229 out of Israel 3478.
18 Howbeit we may 3201 not give 5414 them wives 802 of our daughters 1323: for the children 1121 of Israel 3478 have sworn 7650, saying 559, Cursed 779 be he that giveth 5414 a wife 802 to Benjamin 1144.
19 Then they said 559, Behold, there is a feast 2282 of the LORD 3068 in Shiloh 7887 yearly 3117 3117 in a place which is on the north side 6828 of Bethel 1008, on the east side 4217 8121 of the highway 4546 that goeth up 5927 from Bethel 1008 to Shechem 7927, and on the south 5045 of Lebonah 3829.
20 Therefore they commanded 6680 the children 1121 of Benjamin 1144, saying 559, Go 3212 and lie in wait 693 in the vineyards 3754;
21 And see 7200, and, behold, if the daughters 1323 of Shiloh 7887 come out 3318 to dance 2342 in dances 4246, then come ye out 3318 of the vineyards 3754, and catch 2414 you every man 376 his wife 802 of the daughters 1323 of Shiloh 7887, and go 1980 to the land 776 of Benjamin 1144.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers 1 or their brethren 251 come 935 unto us to complain 7378, that we will say 559 unto them, Be favourable 2603 unto them for our sakes: because we reserved 3947 not to each man 376 his wife 802 in the war 4421: for ye did not give 5414 unto them at this time 6256, that ye should be guilty 816.
23 And the children 1121 of Benjamin 1144 did so 6213, and took 5375 them wives 802, according to their number 4557, of them that danced 2342, whom they caught 1497: and they went 3212 and returned 7725 unto their inheritance 5159, and repaired 1129 the cities 5892, and dwelt 3427 in them.
24 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 departed 1980 thence at that time 6256, every man 376 to his tribe 7626 and to his family 4940, and they went out 3318 from thence every man 376 to his inheritance 5159.
25 In those days 3117 there was no king 4428 in Israel 3478: every man 376 did 6213 that which was right 3477 in his own eyes 5869.