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.