1. The men of Israel took an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter in marriage to anyone from Benjamin.”
2. So the people went to Bethel and remained there before God until evening, raising their voices in bitter weeping.
3. They said, “Lord, God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel that today one tribe of Israel should be lacking?”
4. Early the next day the people built an altar there and offered burnt offerings and communion offerings.