Judges 21:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ since when they took a census of the assembly, not even one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was in attendance. ¹⁰ So the congregation sent out 12,000 of their valiant soldiers, issuing these orders to them: “Go and attack the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with swords, including the women and little ones. ¹¹ You’re to completely destroy every man and every married woman.”^[a]