Benjamin refuses

12So the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil that has happened among you?”

13Hand over the men, the sons of worthlessness, who are in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and purge evil from Israel. But Benjamin was not willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.

14And the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the sons of Israel.

15And on that day the sons of Benjamin were mustered from the cities: twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were mustered as seven hundred chosen men.

16From all this people, seven hundred chosen men were left-handed; every one of these could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

17And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, were mustered at four hundred thousand men drawing the sword; all these were men of war.