Israel gathers at Mizpah

1Then all the sons of Israel came out, and the congregation assembled as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and from the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.

2And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God—four hundred thousand foot soldiers drawing the sword.

3The sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil happen?”