Judges 20:5

20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. ¹  They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

Judges 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ²  and from the land of Gilead ³  left their homes ⁴  and assembled together ⁵  before the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 18:29

18:29 They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. ⁶  But the city’s name used to be Laish.

¹ tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”

² sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

³ sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

⁴ tn Heb “went out.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

⁶ tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.”