The battle with Benjamin is over and the tribe is nearly wiped out. All that remains are 600 men hiding at the rock of Rimmon. Intervention is needed before the 12 tribes become 11. This has been a bloody and devastating battle. Both sides lost individuals during it but Benjamin lost more than all the […]
All Israel is up in arms over the treatment the Levite and his concubine received. They are ready to dispense justice to those who committed these offenses. But Benjamin won’t turn them over. Battles lines are drawn up and war breaks out. We left our story last time where the Levite cut his concubine’s body […]
A ‘good man’ NO LONGER! We return to the story of the Levite and his actions no longer fit the description of yesterday. In today’s story not only the men of the city but he commits despicable acts. Our story left off with the Levite and his company being welcomed into the home of an […]
We meet another new character in the saga of the judges. This one is not a judge but a Levite. His story is SHOCKING! But it starts out unassuming today. It seems like the phrase “In those days, when there was no king in Israel” (verse 1a) or anything near those words is a clear […]
We come to the point in time where the tribe of Dan gives up on their allotment from God. They decide to look for a better place to settle. And they look for a better god too. Yesterday’s reading made me angry. Today’s makes my blood boil! I’m angry because of how these people, the […]
