23 And (A)the sons of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until evening, and (B)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall we again advance for battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin?” And the Lord said, “Go up against him.”

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23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord(A) until evening,(B) and they inquired of the Lord.(C) They said, “Shall we go up again to fight(D) against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?”

The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”

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(A)So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and raised their voices and wept [a]profusely.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:2 Lit with great weeping

The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God