And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died. Cross References Deuteronomy 22:21 she shall be brought to the door of her father's house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father's house. So you must purge the evil from among you. Judges 19:22 While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!" Judges 19:25 But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. Judges 19:28 "Get up," he told her. "Let us go." But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home. Judges 20:4 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: "I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night. Treasury of Scripture And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about on me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. And the men Judges 19:22 beset Genesis 19:4-8 and my concubine Judges 19:25,26 forced [heb] humbled Deuteronomy 22:24 Ezekiel 22:10,11 |
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