Judges 21 KJV

¹Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. Benjamin Jacob Mizpah

²And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; God Bethel (of Palestine)

³And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? Jacob God

⁴And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

⁵And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. Jacob God Mizpah

⁶And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. Benjamin Jacob

⁷How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? God

⁸¶ And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. Jacob God Mizpah Jabesh-gilead

⁹For the people were numbered, and, behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. Jabesh-gilead

¹⁰And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. Jabesh-gilead

¹¹And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

¹²And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan. Canaan Jabesh-gilead Canaan Shiloh

¹³And the whole congregation sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. Benjamin Rimmon

¹⁴And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. Benjamin Jabesh-gilead

¹⁵And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. Benjamin Jacob God

¹⁶¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? Benjamin

¹⁷And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Benjamin Jacob

¹⁸Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [be] he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. Benjamin Jacob

¹⁹Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. God Bethel (of Palestine) Shiloh Lebonah Shechem

²⁰Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; Benjamin

²¹And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. Benjamin Shiloh

²²And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty. Jabesh-gilead

²³And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. Benjamin

²⁴And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. Jacob

²⁵In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes. Jacob