Judges 20:23-28 ▼

23 They went up, wept before the LORD until evening, and inquired of him, “Should we again attack our brothers the Benjaminites? ” And the LORD answered, “Fight against them.”

24 On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites.

25 That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional eighteen thousand Israelites on the field; all were armed.

26 The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.

27 Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving before it. The Israelites asked, “Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites or should we stop? ” The LORD answered, “Fight, because I will hand them over to you tomorrow.”