They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
This oppressive action provided only 400 women for the 600 remaining Benjamites, an insufficient number (Judges 21:12-14). The failure of the plan confirms that it was not God’s will, though He permitted it.