Judges 21 The Israelites mourned for their brethren Benjamite tribe, yet did not yield from their decision to prohibit any Israelite daughter to marry a Benjamite. Instead, they offered the surviving women from the conquered tribe of Jabesh Gilead and also suggested a plan for the remaining Benjamite men to take wives from the clan of Shiloh. The Israelites then left and went home to their own tribes an clans.