1. Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
2. But she became angry with him and returned to her father’s home in Bethlehem.After about four months,
3. her husband set out for Bethlehem to speak personally to her and persuade her to come back. He took with him a servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, her father saw him and welcomed him.
4. Her father urged him to stay awhile, so he stayed three days, eating, drinking, and sleeping there.