(Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wickedness take place?” So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin. But the [a](A)citizens of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night, [b]threatening me. They intended to kill me; instead, they (B)raped my concubine so that she died.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:5 Or landowners
  2. Judges 20:5 Lit against me

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