When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

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

His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.

The Benjaminites did as instructed. They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. They went home to their own territory, rebuilt their cities, and settled down.