Rape is forced sex without the will and permission of one party.

• Law imposes death penalty for Deu 22:25-27
• Captives afflicted with Isa. 13:16; Lam. 5:11; Zec. 14:2
• Instances of:
– Of the servant of a Levite, by Benjamites; tribe of Benjamin nearly exterminated by the army of the other tribes, as punishment for Jdg. 19:22-30; 20:35
– Of Tamar by Amnon; avenged in the death of Amnon at the hand of Absalom, Tamar’s brother 2 Sam. 13:6-29; 2 Sam. 13:32-33