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When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

KJV

And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

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This verse in Judges 19

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

When they were by Jebus - This was Jerusalem, in which, though after the death of Joshua it appears to have been partly conquered by the tribe of Judah, yet the Jebusites kept the strong hold of Zion till the days of David, by whom they were finally expelled. See the note on Jdg 1:8.

This site's exposition

arrived opposite Jebus

on Judges 19:10-12

Jerusalem is a Jebusite town here, as Joshua 15:63 records of Judah and Judges 1:21 of Benjamin, and it stays Jebusite until David takes it at 2 Samuel 5:6 to 9. The servant proposes lodging there, and the master refuses on one ground, that it is a city “where there are no Israelites”. What follows happens in Benjamin, among Israelites, in the place chosen for being Israelite.

This site's exposition

the day was almost gone

The servant asked his master to stop at the Jebusite city and spend the night before the day was gone. Henry judges that they would have fared better among the Jebusites than they did among Israelites in Gibeah. The master refuses.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.113 · Written before 397.

proposed

When some little progress was made, though night was threatening to come on, and they were close by the town of the Jebusites, on the slave's request that his lord should turn aside there, he refused, because it was not a city of the children of Israel. He meant to get as far as Gibeah, which was inhabited by the people of the tribe of Benjamin.

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

LETTER 33 · Written before 397.

proposed

He set out on his journey in happy spirits because he had recovered his dearly beloved wife. One servant was with him, and as day was already declining they sped on their way with swift steps. The woman rode on an ass; her husband felt no weariness, taking joy in his desire and lightening his journey with talk at times with the woman, at times with the slave.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And, if they had done so, it is probable they would have had much better usage than they met with in Gibeah of Benjamin. Debauched and profligate Israelites are worse and much more dangerous than Canaanites themselves. But the master, as became one of God's tribe, would by no means quarter, no, not one night, in a city of strangers (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jebus being still, though not entirely (Jud 1:8) in the possession of the old inhabitants, the Levite resisted the advice of his attendant to enter it and determined rather to press forward to pass the night in Gibeah, which he knew was occupied by Israelites. The distance from Beth-lehem to Jerusalem is about six miles.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • הֵ֣םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • עִם־[were] near

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • יְב֔וּסJebus

    yevusH2982 →

  • וְהַיּ֖וֹםand the day

    vehaiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • רַ֣דit had gone down

    radH3381 →381 times

  • מְאֹ֑דexceedingly

    meodH3966 →300 times

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • הַנַּ֜עַרthe servant

    hanaarH5288 →239 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֗יוmaster<s> his

    ʾadonavH113 →333 times

  • לְכָה־come !

    lekhah-H1980 →1546 times

  • נָּ֛אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • וְנָס֛וּרָהso let us turn aside

    venasurahH5493 →299 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • עִֽיר־[the] city of

    ʾir-H5892 →1090 times

  • הַיְבוּסִ֥יthe Jebusite[s]

    hayvusiH2983 →41 times

  • הַזֹּ֖את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְנָלִ֥יןso we may spend [the] night

    venalinH3885 →84 times

  • בָּֽהּ׃in <the> it

    bah

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Judges 1:21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.2 worksJudges 19:10But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.2 worksGenesis 10:16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,2 worksJoshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.2 works2 Samuel 5:6Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”2 works1 Chronicles 1:14the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 15:63

    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:8

      Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

      Reached by 4 separate paths from here.

    • Judges 1:21

      The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Samuel 5:6–9

      Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:4–8

      Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.

  • Through

    Judges 1:21

    The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:63

      But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 5:6

    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 18:28

      Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 37:10

      Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this…

  • Through

    Judges 19:10

    But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:8

      From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…

About Judges

A Levite Finds a Woman's Corpse — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
A Levite Finds a Woman's Corpse — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.113; Ambrose of Milan, LETTER 33; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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