Judges 19

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by: Debbie Galyen

10/08/2025

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“Behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door” (v22). The terrible events that led to a woman’s rape and murder mirror the story of Sodom, from Genesis 19. But in Judges, the horror occurs at home. A traveling Levite (supposedly a spiritual leader) and his concubine avoided the foreign city of Jebus (later Jerusalem) thinking the Israelite city Gibeah would be safer. Instead of finding refuge, the Israelites there turned out to be just like Sodom.

“Such a thing has never happened” since Israel left Egypt (v30). Israel was rescued from slavery, but they still had to face the greater threat: their own corrupted hearts. Jesus came to address the root of our problem and to make our hearts new. 

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“Behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door” (v22). The terrible events that led to a woman’s rape and murder mirror the story of Sodom, from Genesis 19. But in Judges, the horror occurs at home. A traveling Levite (supposedly a spiritual leader) and his concubine avoided the foreign city of Jebus (later Jerusalem) thinking the Israelite city Gibeah would be safer. Instead of finding refuge, the Israelites there turned out to be just like Sodom.

“Such a thing has never happened” since Israel left Egypt (v30). Israel was rescued from slavery, but they still had to face the greater threat: their own corrupted hearts. Jesus came to address the root of our problem and to make our hearts new. 

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