Judges 19:1, A Levite goes to Beth-lehem to fetch home his concubine; Judges 19:16, An old man entertains him at Gibeah; Judges 19:22, The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death; Judges 19:29, He divides her into twelve pieces, and sends them to the twelve tribes.
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Judges 19
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Judges 19 — OverviewJudges 19 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe three remaining chapters of this book contain a most tragical story
of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, patronised by the tribe of
Benjamin, for which that tribe was severely chastised and almost…Judges 19 — OverviewJudges 19 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of a sad affair of a Levite and his concubine, and of the bad consequence of it, how that she played the whore, and went away from him to her father's house, whither he followed her, and…Judges 19:1-15Judges 19:1-15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe domestic affairs of this Levite would not have been related thus
largely but to make way for the following story of the injuries done
him, in which the whole nation interested themselves. Bishop Hall's…Judges 19:1-30Judges 19:1-30 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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When there was no king ( 17:6; 18:1; 21:25). It appears from 20:27, 20:28 that the events narrated in these three last chapters of the Book of Judges happened in the lifetime of Phinehas, and while the…Judges 19:1Judges 19:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgewhen there: Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1, Judges 21:25
mount: Judges 17:1, Judges 17:8; Joshua 24:30, Joshua 24:33
a concubine: Heb. a woman or, a wife. Genesis 22:24, Genesis 25:6; 2 Samuel 3:7, 2 Samuel 5:13, 2 Samuel…Judges 19:2Judges 19:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeplayed: Leviticus 21:9; Deuteronomy 22:21; Ezekiel 16:28
four whole months: or, a year and four months, Heb. days, four months