a[See ver. 8 above]

‏ Judges 21:9-10

9For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of aJabesh-gilead was there. 10So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, bGo and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.
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