1. The men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage.”
2. So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,
3. and cried out, “Why, Lord God of Israel, has it occurred that one tribe is missing in Israel today? ”
4. The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.