7. What will we do to provide wives for the men who are left? We swore to the Lord that we would not let any of our daughters marry them.”
8. Then they asked, “Is there any family from Israel that did not come into the presence of the Lord at Mizpah?” No one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the assembly in the camp.
9. So they questioned the people, and there was no one there from Jabesh Gilead.
10. The congregation sent 12,000 soldiers. They ordered them, “Go and kill the people of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and children.