The afternoon passed but the fire still had not started. The prophets continued to act wild [205] until the time came for the evening sacrifice. But nothing happened—there was no answer from Baal. There was no sound. There was no one listening!
The Levite [161] man got up early the next morning. He wanted to go home. He opened the door to go outside. And a hand fell across the threshold of the door. There was his woman servant. [162] She had fallen down against the door.
But during the night the leaders of the city of Gibeah came to the house where I was staying. They surrounded the house, and they wanted to kill me. They raped my woman servant, and she died.