Passage

Four months at her father’s house

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months.

Judges 19:2World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The Levite’s concubine leaves for her father’s house in Bethlehem Judah and stays there for four months.

To understand

The Levite lives in the hill country of Ephraim. He later follows her with a servant and two donkeys, intending to speak kindly to her and bring her back.

A question

How long does the woman stay at her father’s house?