And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
Ver. 5. And the men of Gibeah.] Some certain varlets there; not all the city, as once at Sodom. Gen 19:4-5 But because these were not punished, but countenanced, all became guilty.
And thought to have slain me.] As they have done my concubine: a and perhaps they threatened to kill him, if he would not come forth, and be abused by them.
And my concubine have they forced.] The monks in Bohemia ravished a sister of that noble warrior, Zisca; in revenge whereof he took arms, overthrew three hundred monasteries, and did many more great exploits against the Papists there, and in other parts of Germany.
a i.e., Abuti me praepostera libidine usque ad mortem. - Val.