1	Now the men of Israel had sworn# in Mizpeh, saying# , There shall not any of us give# his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
			2	And the people came# to the house of God# # , and abode# there till even before God, and lifted up# their voices, and wept# # sore;
			3	And 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?
			4	And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early# , and built# there an altar, and offered# burnt offerings and peace offerings.
			5	And 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# .
			6	And the children of Israel repented# them for Benjamin their brother, and said# , There is one tribe cut off# from Israel this day.
			7	How 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?
			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 Jabeshgilead# to the assembly.
			9	For the people were numbered# , and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants# of Jabeshgilead# there.
			10	And the congregation sent# thither twelve# thousand men of the valiantest# , and commanded# them, saying# , Go# and smite# the inhabitants# of Jabeshgilead# with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
			11	And this is the thing that ye shall do# , Ye shall utterly destroy# every male, and every woman that hath lain by man# . [hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man]
			12	And they found# among the inhabitants# of Jabeshgilead# 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. [young...: Heb. young women virgins]
			13	And the whole congregation sent# some to speak# to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call# peaceably unto them. [to speak...: Heb. and spake and called] [call...: or, proclaim peace]
			14	And Benjamin came again# at that time; and they gave# them wives which they had saved alive# of the women of Jabeshgilead# : and yet so they sufficed# them not.
			15	And the people repented# them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made# a breach in the tribes of Israel.
			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?
			17	And they said# , There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed# out of Israel.
			18	Howbeit 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.
			19	Then they said# , Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly# in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side# of the highway that goeth up# from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. [yearly: Heb. from year to year] [on the east...: or, toward the sunrising] [of the highway: or, on the highway]
			20	Therefore they commanded# the children of Benjamin, saying# , Go# and lie in wait# in the vineyards;
			21	And 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.
			22	And 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# . [Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them]
			23	And 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.
			24	And 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.
			25	In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did# that which was right in his own eyes.