Judges 21:1-3

GOD’S WORD Translation

Israel Provides Wives for the Surviving Men of Benjamin

21 The men of Israel had taken this oath in Mizpah: “None of us will ever let our daughters marry anyone from Benjamin.”

² The people went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. They cried very loudly, ³ “Lord God of Israel, why has this happened among us? Why should one tribe be missing today in Israel?”