Now the Israelites had sworn at Mizpah, “None of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
In context
1Now the Israelites had sworn at Mizpah, “None of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” 2The people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting their voices in bitter weeping. 3“Yahweh, God of Israel,” they said, “why has this happened in Israel, that today one tribe should be missing from Israel?”
