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Judges 19:3

Judges 19:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And her husband arose,.... From the place where he lived:and went after her; to Bethlehemjudah, where her father lived:to speak comfortably to her "or to her heart" ; having heard perhaps that she repented of her sin, or if it was only upon a quarrel between them, his anger might cool and subside, and therefore sought for a reconciliation; and which was the more commendable in him, as he did not put her away, but she departed from him: andto bring her again; to his own city, and to his own house and bed, as before:having his servant with him, and a couple of asses; one of them for her to ride upon, and the other to carry provisions on:and she brought him into her father's house; it seems she met with him before he came thither, in the fields, or in the street; and by this it appears that she was glad to see him, and received him in a loving manner, and introduced him into her father's house, so that things looked well, and promised success:and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him; having a good opinion of him, and perhaps understood, even by his daughter's story, that she was most in fault, and therefore was well pleased to see him come after her; though he ought before this time to have sent her home, or sought for a reconciliation of her to her husband.

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