Chapter 19

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when there Judg 17:6, Judg 18:1, Judg 21:25

mount Judg 17:1, Judg 17:8; Josh 24:30, Josh 24:33

a concubine Heb. a woman or, a wife. Gen 22:24, Gen 25:6; 2Sam 3:7, 2Sam 5:13, 2Sam 16:22, 2Sam 19:5, 2Sam 20:3; 1Kgs 11:3; 2Chr 11:21; Esth 2:14; Song 6:8-9; Dan 5:3; Mal 2:15, Beth-lehem-judah, Judg 17:8; Gen 35:19; Matt 2:6


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played Lev 21:9; Deut 22:21; Ezek 16:28

four whole months or, a year and four months, Heb. days, four months


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went Judg 15:1

speak Gen 50:21; Lev 19:17, Lev 20:10; Hos 2:14; Matt 1:19; John 8:4-5, John 8:11; Gal 6:1

friendly unto her Heb. to her heart, Gen 34:3

to bring Jer 3:1

his servant Num 22:22


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Comfort Heb. Srengthen, Judg 19:8; Gen 18:5; 1Sam 14:27-29, 1Sam 30:12; 1Kgs 13:7; Ps 104:15; John 4:34; Acts 9:19

with a morsel Judg 19:22


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let thine heart Judg 19:9, Judg 19:21, Judg 9:27, Judg 16:25; Ruth 3:7; 1Sam 25:36; Esth 1:10; Ps 104:15; Luke 12:19; 1Thess 5:3; Rev 11:10, Rev 11:13, until afternoon, Heb. till the day declined, Merely that they might avoid the heat of the day, which would have been very inconvenient in travelling.


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the day Luke 24:29

draweth etc. Heb. is weak

the day groweth to an end Heb. it is the pitching time of the day, Jer 6:4. That is, it was near the time in which travellers ordinarily pitched their tents, to take up their lodging for the night. In the latter part of the afternoon, eastern travellers begin to look out for a place for this purpose. So Dr. Shaw observes, "Our constant practice was to rise at break of day, set forward with the sun, and travel to the middle of the afternoon; at which time we began to look out for encampments of Arabs; who, to prevent such parties as ours from living at free charges upon them, take care to pitch in woods, valleys, or places the least conspicuous."

to morrow Prov 27:1; Jas 4:13-14

home Heb. to thy tent


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over against Heb. to over against

Jebus Judg 1:8; Josh 15:8, Josh 15:63, Josh 18:28; 2Sam 5:6


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the Jebusites Judg 19:10, Judg 1:21; Gen 10:16; Josh 15:63; 2Sam 5:6


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Gibeah Gibeah, a city of Benjamin, and the birth-place of Saul, was situated near Rama and Gibeon, according to Josephus, thirty furlongs north from Jerusalem; or, according to Jerome, about two leagues. Judg 19:12


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Gibeah Josh 18:25-26, Josh 18:28; 1Sam 10:26; Isa 10:29; Hos 5:8


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no man There was probably no inn, or house of public entertainment in this place; and therefore they could not have a lodging unless furnished by mere hospitality. But these Benjamites seem to have added to their other vices, avarice and inhospitality, like the inhabitants of Akoura in mount Lebanon, mentioned by Burckhardt. Judg 19:18; Gen 18:2-8, Gen 19:2-3; Matt 25:35, Matt 25:43; Heb 13:2


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his work Gen 3:19; Ps 104:23, Ps 128:2; Prov 13:11, Prov 14:23, Prov 24:27; Eccl 1:13, Eccl 5:12; Eph 4:28; 1Thess 4:11-12; 2Thess 3:10


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whither Gen 16:8, Gen 32:17


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I am now The LXX read, εις τον οικον μου εγω πορευομαι· "I am going to my own house;" which is probably the true reading, as we find (Judg 19:29) that he really went home; yet he might have gone previously to Shiloh, or to "the house of the Lord," because that was also in mount Ephraim.

the house Judg 18:31, Judg 20:18; Josh 18:1; 1Sam 1:3, 1Sam 1:7

receiveth Heb. gathereth, Judg 19:5; Ps 26:9; John 15:6


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straw and provender In those countries principally devoted to pasturage, they made little or no hay, but as they raised corn, they took great care of their straw for cattle, which by their mode of threshing was chopped very small. See note on Gen 24:32.


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Peace be Judg 6:23; Gen 43:23-24; 1Sam 25:6; 1Chr 12:18; Luke 10:5-6; John 14:27; 1Cor 1:3

let all thy wants Here was genuine hospitality: "Keep your bread and wine for yourselves, and your straw and provender for your asses; you may need them before you finish your journey: I will supply all your wants for this night; only do not lodge in the street." Rom 12:13; Gal 6:6; Heb 13:2; Jas 2:15-16; 1Pet 4:9; 1John 3:18

lodge not Gen 19:2-3, Gen 24:31-33


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So he brought Gen 24:32, Gen 43:24

they washed Gen 18:4; 1Sam 25:41; 2Sam 11:8; Luke 7:44; John 13:4-5, John 13:14-15; 1Tim 5:10


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they were Judg 19:6-7, Judg 16:25

the men Judg 20:5; Gen 19:4; Hos 9:9, Hos 10:9

sons of Belial Deut 13:13; 1Sam 1:16, 1Sam 2:12, 1Sam 10:27, 1Sam 25:25; 2Sam 23:6-7; 2Cor 6:15

Bring forth Gen 19:5; Rom 1:26-27; 1Cor 6:9; Jude 1:7


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the man Gen 19:6-7

do not this folly Judg 20:6; Gen 34:7; Josh 7:15; 2Sam 13:12


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Behold The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East, and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated.

them Gen 19:8; Rom 3:8

humble ye Gen 34:2 *marg. Deut 21:14

so vile a thing Heb. the matter of this folly


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knew her Gen 4:1

and abused Jer 5:7-8; Hos 7:4-7, Hos 9:9, Hos 10:9; Eph 4:19


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her lord was Judg 19:3, Judg 19:27; Gen 18:12; 1Pet 3:6


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But none Judg 20:5; 1Kgs 18:29


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divided her It is probable, that with the pieces he sent to each tribe a circumstantial account of the barbarity of the men of Gibeah; and that they considered each of the pieces as expressing an execration. That a similar custom prevailed in ancient times is evident from 1Sam 11:7. It had an inhuman appearance, thus to mangle the corpse of this unhappy woman; but it was intended to excite a keener resentment against so horrible a crime, which called for a punishment proportionally severe. Judg 20:6-7; Rom 10:2

with her bones Deut 21:22-23


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consider Judg 20:7; Prov 11:14, Prov 13:10, Prov 15:22, Prov 20:18, Prov 24:6


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