So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.

The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.

The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angelic messenger – he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.