Shìshījì 20:4

4 Nà Lìwèi rén , jiù shì beì haì zhī fùrén de zhàngfu , huídá shuō , wǒ hé wǒde qiè dào le Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà zhù sù .

Shìshījì 20:4 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:4

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain,
answered, and said
He rose up, and, in answer to their request, declared the whole affair as follows: and none so proper as he, who was upon the spot when it was done, and so near a relation of the deceased, and had a right to demand justice to be done; for from hence it appears that she was his lawful wife, though called a concubine:

I came into Gibeah, that belongeth to Benjamin;
which he so particularly describes, to distinguish it from another of the same name in the tribe of Judah, lest any mistake should be made, and an innocent people should suffer in their reputation, or otherwise; and which also would account for the tribe of Benjamin not being present at this convention:

I and my concubine, to lodge;
thither they came, not with an intention to stay, to sojourn there, and much less to do them any injury, or to infringe any of their rights and privileges; nor in the least to be burdensome to them, having brought all necessary provisions with them for themselves, servants, and cattle, only to get a night's lodging with them.

Shìshījì 20:4 In-Context

2 Yǐsèliè mín de shǒulǐng , jiù shì gè zhīpaì de jūnzhǎng , dōu zhàn zaì shén bǎixìng de huì zhōng . ná dāo de bù bīng gōng yǒu sì shí wàn .

3 Yǐsèliè rén shàng dào Mǐsībā , Biànyǎmǐn rén dōu tīngjian le . Yǐsèliè rén shuō , qǐng nǐ jiāng zhè jiàn è shì de qíngyóu duì wǒmen shuō míng .

4 Nà Lìwèi rén , jiù shì beì haì zhī fùrén de zhàngfu , huídá shuō , wǒ hé wǒde qiè dào le Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà zhù sù .

5 Jī bǐ yà rén yè jiān qǐlai , wéi le wǒ zhù de fángzi , xiǎng yào shā wǒ , yòu jiāng wǒde qiè qiáng jiān zhì sǐ .

6 Wǒ jiù bǎ wǒ qiè de shī shēn qiē chéng kuaì zǐ , shǐ rén ná zhe chuánsòng Yǐsèliè dé wèi yè de quán dì , yīnwei jī bǐ yà rén zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng xíng le xiōng yín chǒu è de shì .