Judges 21:8 meaning and explanation

So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

Judges 21:8, Berean Standard Bible

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The scene follows Israel's civil war against Benjamin, in which the tribe was nearly destroyed. The assembly at Mizpah had bound itself by a solemn oath to put to death anyone who failed to appear before the LORD there.

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