Judges 21:2
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And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:

the house

Judges 21:12 And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and they brought them to the camp in Silo, into the land of Chanaan.

Judges 20:18,23,26 And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader. . . .

Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

lifted

Judges 2:4 And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel: they lifted up their voice, and wept.

Genesis 27:38 And Esau said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry,

1 Samuel 30:4 David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.

Context
Wives for the Benjamites
1Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. 2And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:3O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?…
Cross References
Judges 20:26
Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings,

Judges 21:3
O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?

1 Samuel 11:4
The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of Saul: and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

Lexicon
So the people
הָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

came
וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Bethel
אֵ֔ל (’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

and sat
וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

there
שָׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

before
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

evening,
הָעֶ֔רֶב (hā·‘e·reḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening

lifting up
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (way·yiś·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

their voices
קוֹלָ֔ם (qō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

and weeping
וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ (way·yiḇ·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan

bitterly.
גָדֽוֹל׃ (ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent


Additional Translations
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;

And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;

The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.

And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,
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