Judges 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel ¹  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ² 

Judges 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ³  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ⁴ 

Judges 20:23

20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we ⁵  again march out to fight ⁶  the Benjaminites, our brothers?” ⁷  The Lord said, “Attack them!” ⁸ 

Judges 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ⁹  went up to ¹⁰  Bethel. ¹¹  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ¹²  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ¹³  to the Lord.

[21:2]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[21:2]  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.

[19:16]  ³ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”

[20:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “I” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “approach for battle.”

[20:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “Go up against him” (collective singular).

[20:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ⁹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ¹¹ tn Or “peace offerings.”