The Wicked Deed of the Gibeathites and the War Against Benjamin

As was said, the final section of the book of the Judges is formed of three examples of the lawlessness that characterized the age of the judges. The last example recorded, and to which we now have regard, is that of the infamous deed at Gibeah in the tribe of Benjamin. The narration of this crime, too, is prefaced by the notice that there was no king in Israel, the thought conveyed being that, on this account, the infamy at Gibeah could take place. Also this history concerns a Levite. There...