Judges 20:2-4

EasyEnglish Bible

² The leaders of all Israel's tribes stood there with the people of God. There were 400,000 Israelite men who had their weapons, ready to fight. ³ By this time, the people of Benjamin's tribe had heard the news that the other tribes were meeting in Mizpah.

Then the Israelites asked, ‘Tell us how this evil thing happened.’

⁴ So the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, told them. He said, ‘My slave wife and I arrived in Gibeah to sleep there for the night. It is a town that belongs to the people of Benjamin's tribe.