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The darkest chapter in Judges — Israel hits absolute rock bottom and nearly wipes out an entire tribe.
A Levite's concubine is brutalized and killed by men of Gibeah in Benjamin. The Levite sends pieces of her body to all twelve tribes as a call to action. All Israel demands justice, Benjamin refuses to hand over the guilty, and civil war erupts. Benjamin is nearly annihilated — 25,000 dead — and the other tribes have to scramble to keep the tribe from going extinct. This is what 'everyone did what was right in their own eyes' actually looks like.
Judges
The Darkest Night in Israel's History
This is one of the most disturbing chapters in the entire Bible. A Levite travels to bring his concubine home, gets delayed by her father for days, then makes a fateful decision to stop in Gibeah — where unspeakable evil happens. Israel has hit absolute rock bottom.
Judges
When Israel Went to War With Itself
All of Israel shows up united for once — but it's to go to war against their own tribe. Benjamin refuses to hand over the men who committed an unspeakable crime, and what follows is three devastating battles that nearly erase an entire tribe from existence.
Judges
When Israel Tried to Fix Everything and Made It Worse
Israel just almost wiped out an entire tribe and now they're scrambling to undo the damage. Their solutions get progressively more unhinged — from destroying a city to kidnapping women at a festival. The final verse is the most haunting line in the whole book.
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