He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family,<n id="1" /> and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons.<n id="2" /> Ibzan<n id="3" /> led<n id="4" /> Israel for seven years;

The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite<n id="1" /> grabbed his concubine and made her go outside.<n id="2" /> They raped<n id="3" /> her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.