Hakim-hakim 21:23-25

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ¹  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ²  They went home ³  to their own territory, ⁴  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ⁵  21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. ⁶  21:25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁷ 

[21:23]  ¹ tn Heb “did so.”

[21:23]  ² tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

[21:23]  ³ tn Heb “went and returned.”

[21:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “inheritance.”

[21:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and lived in them.”

[21:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “his inheritance.”

[21:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

[21:25]  sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period.