As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,

The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.

The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.

The Lord’s spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him.

The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, “No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing!

The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.