14. So the men of Benjamin came back at that time. These men were given the women from Jabesh Gilead who had been kept alive. However, the congregation had not found enough women for all of them.
15. The congregation felt sorry for the people of Benjamin because the Lord had broken the unity of the tribes of Israel.
16. The leaders of the congregation asked, “What should we do to provide wives for the men who are left, since the women in Benjamin have been killed?”