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Text -- Judges 20:1-6 (NET)
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Civil War Breaks Out
20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah .
20:2 The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people , which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers .
20:3 The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah . Then the Israelites said , “Explain how this wicked thing happened !”
20:4 The Levite , the husband of the murdered woman , spoke up , “I and my concubine stopped in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin to spend the night.
20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died .
20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel , because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Gibeah |
Vows |
Benjamin |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
BETHLEHEM |
Armies |
War |
Congregation |
Wolf |
Zeal |
ARCHERY |
Mizpah |
MIZPAH; MIZPEH |
Beer-sheba |
BEERSHEBA, OR BEERSHEBA |
Dan |
FOUR |
DAN (2) |
ARMY |
Nob |
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