Read Judges 19.1-21. In 19.1-21: Spending the night in Gibeah. In verse 1: In those days ... Israel: This refrain (17.6; 18.1; 21.25) suggests that a king would make such horrifying lawlessness unlikely. As a concubine she is a recognized wife with inferior legal status. In verse 2: She returns to her family of origin (father's house), but the circumstances are unclear. In verses 4-9: The point of this prolonged account is that they left much later in the afternoon than was wise. In verse 12: The irony is sharp. Jerusalem as a city of foreigners is rejected as inhospitable in favor of shelter with the people of Israel. In verse 15: That no one took them in would be considered outrageous; hospitality was an important civic virtue. In verse 16: The old man is a fellow countryman (hill country of Ephraim; v. 1) living as a resident alien in Gibeah. Comments or Questions..
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