Judges 20:3-5

New English Translation

³ The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!” ⁴ The Levite,^[a] the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, “I and my concubine stopped in^[b] Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin^[c] to spend the night. ⁵ The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying.^[d] They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.