He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
"The reason for her return given in many ancient versions, ’because she was angry with him’ (followed by RSV), is more plausible than that supplied in the AV and RV that she played the whore against him. The penalty against the adulteress was death (Leviticus 20:10), but a heated argument would allow the Levite to seek a reconciliation when the passions of temper had subsided." [Note: Cundall and Morris, p. 193.] 