Levite of Ephraim

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The Levite of Ephraim is a biblical figure in the Book of Judges whose tragic journey with his concubine leads to a brutal crime and a subsequent civil war in Israel.

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Label Occurrences
Levite of Ephraim canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Levite ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
character in the Book of Judges ⓘ
accuses the men of Gibeah ⓘ
the tribe of Benjamin of wickedness ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Judges ⓘ
linked to: Judges

Judges 19 ⓘ
Judges 20 ⓘ
linked to: Judges

Judges 21 ⓘ
linked to: Judges
associatedWith the Benjaminite war ⓘ
the outrage at Gibeah ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of Christian Old Testament narrative ⓘ
part of Jewish Tanakh narrative ⓘ
concubineDies after abuse in Gibeah ⓘ
concubineIsAbusedIn Gibeah ⓘ
cutsBodyOfConcubine into twelve pieces ⓘ
findsConcubine lying at the door in the morning ⓘ
geographicContext Benjamin ⓘ
Ephraim ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
linked to: Yehuda
givesTestimonyBefore the assembly at Mizpah ⓘ
linked to: Mizpah
hasConcubineFrom Bethlehem in Judah ⓘ
linked to: Bethlehem
hasRelationshipWith his concubine ⓘ
isHostedBy an old man of Gibeah ⓘ
isSurroundedBy worthless men of Gibeah ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryText Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
moralEvaluationInTradition controversial and morally ambiguous figure ⓘ
nameStatus unnamed in the biblical text ⓘ
narrativeTheme absence of a king in Israel ⓘ
moral and social collapse in Israel ⓘ
offers his concubine to the men of Gibeah ⓘ
residenceRegion hill country of Ephraim ⓘ
roleInNarrative catalyst for inter-tribal conflict ⓘ
victim-witness of crime in Gibeah ⓘ
scripturalSource Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
seeksLodgingIn Gibeah of Benjamin ⓘ
linked to: Gibeah
sendsBodyPartsTo all the territory of Israel ⓘ
staysIn Gibeah ⓘ
summons the tribes of Israel ⓘ
timePeriod era of the judges in Israel ⓘ
travelsWith a pair of donkeys ⓘ
his concubine ⓘ
his servant ⓘ
tribe tribe of Levi ⓘ
linked to: Tribe of Levi
triggersEvent Israelite war against Benjamin ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Judges → featuresCharacter → Levite of Ephraim ⓘ
subject linked to: Judges