Judges 21:1-3

New International Reader's Version

Wives for the Men of Benjamin

21 The men of Israel had made a promise at Mizpah. They had said, “Not one of us will give his daughter to be married to a man from Benjamin.”

² The people went to Bethel. They sat there until evening in front of God. They wept loudly and bitterly. ³ “Lord, you are the God of Israel,” they cried. “Why has this happened to Israel? Why is one tribe missing from Israel today?”