Text: Judges 19:22
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 19:5
Subject: sexual violence
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The men of Gibeah surround the house and demand to "know" (יָדַע, yada) the Levite guest, deliberately echoing the language of the Sodomites in Genesis 19:5 who demanded Lot bring out his visitors so they could "know" them. The narrative parallels are extensive: nighttime arrival, hospitality from a single host, a mob surrounding the house, and the offer of women to appease the crowd. By casting an Israelite city in the role of Sodom, the Judges narrator delivers a devastating theological indictment: Israel has become morally indistinguishable from the paradigmatic city of wickedness that God destroyed. The allusion signals that without faithful leadership, the covenant people can descend to depths matching the worst of the nations.
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Text: Genesis 19:5
OT Text Referred to: Judges 19:22
Subject: Bring Out the Men
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Judges 19:22 deliberately echoes Genesis 19:5 through nearly identical language: a mob surrounds a house at night and demands that the host "bring out" (יָצָא, yatsa, Hiphil) his male guest so they can "have relations with him" (יָדַע, yada). Both accounts feature a host who offers women instead, a mob that refuses to relent, and a violation of the ancient Near Eastern hospitality code. The narrator of Judges constructs this parallel to show that Israel has become indistinguishable from Sodom — the very city destroyed for its wickedness now has its moral counterpart within the covenant community at Gibeah. This narrative echo functions as the theological climax of the Judges cycle, demonstrating that without kingship, Israel's moral collapse has reached Sodom-level depravity.