Judges 19:1-4

19:1

And it came to pass in those days
<03117>_,

when [there was] no king
<04428>

in Israel
<03478>_,

that there was a certain
<0376>

Levite
<03881>

sojourning
<01481> (8802)

on the side
<03411>

of mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_,

who took
<03947> (8799)

to him a concubine
<0802> <06370>

out of Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>_.

{a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine}

19:2

And his concubine
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played the whore
<02181> (8799)

against him, and went away
<03212> (8799)

from him unto her father's
<01>

house
<01004>

to Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>_,

and was there four
<0702>

whole months
<02320> <03117>_.

{four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months}

19:3

And her husband
<0376>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

after
<0310>

her, to speak
<01696> (8763)

friendly
<03820>

unto her, [and] to bring her again
<07725> (8687)_,

having his servant
<05288>

with him, and a couple
<06776>

of asses
<02543>_:

and she brought
<0935> (8686)

him into her father's
<01>

house
<01004>_:

and when the father
<01>

of the damsel
<05291>

saw
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him, he rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

him. {friendly...: Heb. to her heart}

19:4

And his father in law
<02859> (8802)_,

the damsel's
<05291>

father
<01>_,

retained
<02388> (8686)

him; and he abode
<03427> (8799)

with him three
<07969>

days
<03117>_:

so they did eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8799)_,

and lodged
<03885> (8799)

there.