The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
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.