שופטים, פרק כ״א, פסוק י״ד

Following the devastating conflict, the surviving members of the tribe of Benjamin return to the national assembly, seeking a way to rebuild and ensure the survival of their people. To help them, the assembly provides them with the young, unmarried women who had been spared from the city of Jabesh-gilead.

However, this effort does not completely resolve the crisis. The primary approach among commentators is that the supply of women simply does not meet the necessary demand. A clear numerical gap remains. While six hundred male refugees from the tribe of Benjamin survived the war, only four hundred young women were brought from Jabesh-gilead. Consequently, the provided number falls short, leaving the tribe without enough wives for every man.