Verse 2

Judges 21:2

English Revised Version

2 And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God (Elohim), and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּבֹ֤א הָ/עָם֙ בֵּֽית אֵ֔ל וַ/יֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ עַד הָ/עֶ֔רֶב לִ/פְנֵ֖י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יִּשְׂא֣וּ קוֹלָ֔/ם וַ/יִּבְכּ֖וּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל

English Translation

And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and they raised their voices and wept with a loud weeping.

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Chapter 21 Context

1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto... Focus ↗

2 And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God (Elohim), and lifted up their voi...

3 And they said, O LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there sh... Focus ↗

4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered... Focus ↗

5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the... Focus ↗

6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cu... Focus ↗

7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not gi... Focus ↗

8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah? A... Focus ↗

9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there... Focus ↗

10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying,... Focus ↗

11 And this is the thing that ye shall do; ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that ha... Focus ↗

12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known... Focus ↗

13 And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmo... Focus ↗

14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women which they had saved alive of the w... Focus ↗

15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of... Focus ↗

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the... Focus ↗

17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be n... Focus ↗

18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, C... Focus ↗

19 And they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the nor... Focus ↗

20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; Focus ↗

21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out o... Focus ↗

22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unt... Focus ↗

23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that da... Focus ↗

24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, a... Focus ↗

25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Focus ↗

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