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Judges 21:2

World English Bible

The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.

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Judges 21:2 in other translations

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

Judges 21:2 · American Standard Version

Judges 21:2 in context

  1. 1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
  2. 2The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
  3. 3They said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”
  4. 4On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.