“The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Judges 21 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.