Judges 21:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel did not ·meet with us [assemble] ·in the presence of [before] the Lord at Mizpah?” ·They found that [^LAnd look/^Tbehold] no one from the city of Jabesh Gilead had come. ⁹ The people of Israel counted everyone, but there was no one from Jabesh Gilead.

¹⁰ So the ·whole group of Israelites [assembly; congregation] sent twelve thousand ·soldiers [^Lmen, sons of strength] to Jabesh Gilead to kill the people with ·their swords [the edge of the sword], even the women and children.