Hakim-hakim 19:2

19:2 However, she ¹  got angry at him ²  and went home ³  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Hakim-hakim 19:15

19:15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night ⁴  in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 19:29

19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. ⁶  Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 20:5

20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. ⁸  They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

[19:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:2]  ² tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “went from him.”

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “they turned aside there to enter to spend the night.”

[19:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he entered and sat down, and there was no one receiving them into the house to spend the night.”

[19:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”

[19:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”

[20:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”