Benjamite wives

Judges 21:23 - So that is what the Benjamites did. While the girls were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.

Strange passage, eh? That's nothing compared to what led up to it. Briefly...

• Levite takes to himself a concubine from Bethlehem.
• She is unfaithful and goes back home to Papa.
• Four months later, Levite wants her back.
• On the way back, they stop in Gibeah of Benjamin.
• Men of Gibeah rape concubine; she dies.
• Levite cuts concubine into 12 pieces, sends piece to each tribe.
• Israel musters army; 3-day civil war ensues at Gibeah.
• Israel loses 40,000 but Benjamin loses 25,000 and war.
• 600 Benjamites escape as Israel wipes out rest of tribe.
• Israel vows not to give women as wives to remainder of Benjamin.
• Since no one from Jabesh Gilead had fought, Israel kills all but 400 virgins, gives them to Benjamin.
• 200 still without wives lie in wait along road to Shiloh after annual festival there.
• Then the passage above.

All I really wonder is how picky the guys from Benjamin were when grabbing girls from Shiloh. The rest is just too weird to wonder about.