Judges 21:2-4

21:2 So the people came to Bethel 1  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. 2  21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire 3  tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. 4 

1 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

2 tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.

3 tn Heb “one.”

4 tn Or “peace offerings.”