The officials of the entire nation, including every tribe of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God: 400,000 foot soldiers, all of them expert swordsmen.

This is what we'll do to Gibeah: we're going to assemble an army by lottery.

The Israelis asked themselves, "Who didn't come up in our assembly in the LORD's presence from among all of the tribes of Israel?" They had taken a solemn oath concerning those who didn't come up to meet with the LORD at Mizpah that "They will certainly be executed."

since when they took a census of the assembly, not even one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was in attendance.