Judges 21:1-3

New International Version - UK

Wives for the Benjaminites

21 The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: ‘Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjaminite.’

² The people went to Bethel,^[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. ³ ‘Lord, God of Israel,’ they cried, ‘why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing from Israel today?’