Judges 20:5

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

And the men {H1167} of Gibeah {H1390} rose {H6965} against me, and beset {H5437} the house {H1004} round about {H5437} upon me by night {H3915}, and thought {H1819} to have slain {H2026} me: and my concubine {H6370} have they forced {H6031}, that she is dead {H4191}.

and the men in Giv'ah attacked me and surrounded the house I was staying in at night. They wanted to kill me, but instead they raped my concubine to death.

And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 19:22 (5 votes)

    ¶ [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and] beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

  • Judges 19:25 (4 votes)

    But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

  • Judges 19:26 (4 votes)

    Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord [was], till it was light.

  • Deuteronomy 22:24 (2 votes)

    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  • Genesis 19:4 (2 votes)

    ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

  • Genesis 19:8 (2 votes)

    Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

  • Ezekiel 22:10 (1 votes)

    In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.