It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
"The events recorded here occurred during the lifetime of Phinehas and while the Ark of the Covenant was at Shiloh ...  Phinehas evidently outlived Joshua; and the events narrated here occurred during the interval between the deaths of Joshua and of Phinehas."[2]  This appears to be true, based upon  Judges 2:27-28.  Josephus' narrative of his version of these events coincides with this conclusion.