5 Then the Israelites asked, "Were there any out of all the tribes of Israel who didn’t march up to the assembly before the Lord?" Indeed, they had made a solemn pledge that anyone who didn’t march up before the Lord at Mizpah would be put to death.
6 The Israelites had a change of heart concerning their relatives the Benjaminites. They said, "Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
7 What can we do to provide wives for the ones who are left, since we ourselves have made a pledge before the Lord not to allow our daughters to marry them?"
8 So they asked, "Is there anyone from the tribes of Israel who didn’t march up before the Lord at Mizpah?" There was! No one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the assembly at the camp.
9 When the people’s attendance was taken, not one of those who lived in Jabesh-gilead had been there.
10 The community dispatched twelve thousand warriors there with these orders: "Go kill all the people in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
11 Here’s what you should do: Exterminate every man and every woman who has slept with a man."