And the same Levite, the woman’s husband that was slain, answered and said, I came unto Gibeah that is in Benjamin with my concubine to lodge,

And the [a]men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, thinking to have slain me, and have forced my concubine that she is dead.

Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent [b]her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed abomination and villainy in Israel.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:5 Or, chief, or lord.
  2. Judges 20:6 That is, her pieces, to every tribe a piece, Judg. 19:29.

Bible Gateway Recommends