Shofetim 21:1-3

Orthodox Jewish Bible

21 Now the Ish Yisroel had taken an oath in Mitzpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his bat unto Binyamin as isha.

² And HaAm went to Beit-El, and abode there till erev before HaElohim, and lifted up their voices, and wept gadol;

³ And said, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, why is this come to pass in Yisroel, that there should be today shevet echad lacking in Yisroel?