21 Then the Benjamites came out from Gibeah and struck twenty-two thousand Israelite men down to the ground.
22 The people, the men of Israel, rallied and lined up for battle again in the place where they had lined up on the first day.
23 Then the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we advance and fight our brother-tribesmen the Benjamites again?”The Lord said, “Advance against them.”
24 So the children of Israel advanced against the Benjamites for the second day.
25 And on the second day, the Benjamites went out from Gibeah to meet them and again struck eighteen thousand men down to the ground, every one of them armed.
26 Then all the children of Israel, all the people, went up to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
27 The children of Israel asked the Lord (because the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,