Judges 19:1–30 presented an awful story, reminiscent of Genesis 19:1–38, the story of Lot and his two angelic guests in the land of Sodom. In Judges 19, the Levite had been travelling with his concubine, and when night fell, decided to seek hospitality not in a nearby Gentile city, but further on, in a Jewish city, Gibeah, in Benjamin. After waiting in the city square for a time, they were taken in by an old man. All was going fine, until it did not. Worthless fellows banged on the door, demanding the Levite come out so they could sexually abuse him. Just like the Sodomites wanted to do to the two angelic visitors. But whereas Lot offered his two virgin daughters instead, the Levite handed over his concubine. And unlike with Lot, no angelic guests rescued the concubine by blinding the men for a time. Throughout the night, the deviants raped and abused her, leaving her for dead. Israel had become the New Sodom. The Levite responded to this by coldly throwing her on his donkey, hauling her back home, and then further desecrated her by cutting her body into twelve pieces, which he then sent throughout the twelve tribes as a call to arms. All who received the ghastly packages are horrified. And they indeed take action. That is now what Judges 20:1–48 presents.