Wives for the Benjamites

21 The men of Israel had taken an oath^(A) at Mizpah:^(B) “Not one of us will give^(C) his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

The Israelites Punish the Benjamites

20 Then all Israel^(A) from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and from the land of Gilead came together as one^(C) and assembled^(D) before the Lord in Mizpah.^(E)

²³ And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”^(A)

The Plot to Kill Paul

¹² The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy^(A) and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.^(B)

¹⁸ We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:^(A) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives^(B) a wife to a Benjamite.’

⁸ All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house.

² For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(A) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.