22. And when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, we will say unto them, Be merciful unto us for their sakes because in the war we did not take enough women for all of them; and you could not have given them to them, or ye should be guilty now.
23. And the sons of Benjamin did so and took themselves wives, according to their number, rapturing them from among those that danced; and they went and returned unto their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them.
24. Then the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and to his family, each one going from there to his inheritance.
25. In those days there was no king in Israel; each one did that which seemed right in his own eyes.