6. The people of Israel felt sorry for their brothers the Benjaminites and said, “Today Israel has lost one of its tribes.
7. What shall we do to provide wives for the men of Benjamin who are left? We have made a solemn promise to the Lord that we will not give them any of our daughters.”
8. When they asked if there was some group out of the tribes of Israel that had not gone to the gathering at Mizpah, they found out that no one from Jabesh in Gilead had been there;
9. at the roll call of the army no one from Jabesh had responded.