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Gibeah
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The story of “The Concubine of Gibeah” for example, tells of an innocent woman that is shoved out the front door by her own husband to a gang of rapists.
After having been chosen as monarch, Saul returns to his home in Gibeah, along with a number of followers.
His capital appears to have been basically a military camp near Gibeah.
In this role, Samuel is associated with the bands of musical ecstatic roaming prophets ( Nevi'im - neb'im) at Gibeah, Bethel, and Gilgal, and some traditional scholars have argued that Samuel was the founder of these groups.
This is considered outrageous by the Israelite tribesmen, who then wreak total retribution on the men of Gibeah and the surrounding tribe of Benjamin when they support them, killing them without mercy and burning all their towns.