Judges 19:2 meaning and explanation

But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

Judges 19:2, Berean Standard Bible

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The opening verse sets the scene: no king in Israel, and a Levite living in the hill country of Ephraim takes a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. Verse 2 reports that she was unfaithful to him and went back to her father's house, where she stayed four months.

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