New American Standard Bible 2020

Judges 19:1-4

1Now it cameH1961 aboutH1961 in thoseH1992 daysH3117, when 1thereH369 wasH369 noH369 kingH4428 in IsraelH3478, that there was a certainH376 LeviteH3881 2stayingH1481 in the remoteH3411 partH3411 of the hillH2022 countryH2022 of EphraimH669, who tookH3947 a concubineH6370 for himself from BethlehemH1035 in JudahH3063.

2But his concubineH6370 3foundH2181 him repugnantH2181, and she leftH1980 H4480 him and went to her father’sH1 houseH1004 in BethlehemH1035 in JudahH3063, and remainedH1961 thereH8033 for a periodH3117 of fourH702 monthsH2320.

3Then her husbandH376 setH6965 outH6965 and wentH1980 afterH310 her to 4speakH1696 5gentlyH3820 to her in order to bringH7725 her backH7725, 6taking with him his servantH5288 and a pairH6776 of donkeysH2543. And she broughtH935 him into her father’sH1 houseH1004, and when the girl’sH5291 fatherH1 sawH7200 him, he wasH8055 gladH8055 to meetH7122 him.

4His father-in-lawH2860, the girl’sH5291 fatherH1, prevailedH2388 upon him, and he remainedH3427 with him for threeH7969 daysH3117. So they ateH398 and drankH8354 and stayedH3885 thereH8033.

Notes

1. Judges 19:1 Judg 18:1 ↩
2. Judges 19:1 Or sojourning ↩
3. Judges 19:2 Or was unfaithful to him (a Hebrew homonym); LXX became angry at him ↩
4. Judges 19:3 Gen 34:3; 50:21 ↩
5. Judges 19:3 Lit to her heart ↩
6. Judges 19:3 Lit and ↩