World English Bible
Judges 21:2
“The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.”
Verse in context — Judges 21
1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.
2
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
3
They said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
4
It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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