# Judges 19 General Notes

### Special concepts in this chapter

#### The sin of Benjamin 
People from a village of the tribe of Benjamin raped a visitor's wife to death. This was very evil, especially in the ancient Near East. The people of Israel considered mistreatment of a guest one of the worst crimes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]])

## Links:

* __[Judges 19:1 Notes](./01.md)__

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