6. The Israelites had a change of heart concerning their relatives the Benjaminites. They said, "Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
7. What can we do to provide wives for the ones who are left, since we ourselves have made a pledge before the Lord not to allow our daughters to marry them?"
8. So they asked, "Is there anyone from the tribes of Israel who didn’t march up before the Lord at Mizpah?" There was! No one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the assembly at the camp.
9. When the people’s attendance was taken, not one of those who lived in Jabesh-gilead had been there.