Judges 19:13
in Judges 19He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
KJV
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
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This verse in Judges 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
let us try to reach one of these towns
on Judges 19:13-15
Gibeah is Saul's home when the kingdom begins, called Gibeah of Saul at 1 Samuel 11:4, 15:34 and 2 Samuel 21:6. Verse 15 states the failure without comment, “no one would take them into his home for the night”. Hosea 9:9 and 10:9 measure Israel by the days of Gibeah.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
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.
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 Awakening1 voice
And he said to his servant, come, and let us draw near,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְנַעֲר֔וֹ | lenaaro | to servant his | H5288 → | 239 times |
| לְכָ֥ה | lekhah | come ! | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וְנִקְרְבָ֖ה | venikrevah | so let us drew near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| בְּאַחַ֣ד | beachad | at one of | H259 → | 971 times |
| הַמְּקֹמ֑וֹת | hamekomot | the places | H4725 → | 401 times |
| וְלַ֥נּוּ | velanu | and we will spend [the] night | H3885 → | 84 times |
| בַגִּבְעָ֖ה | vagivah | in <the> Gibeah | H1390 → | 45 times |
| א֥וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בָרָמָֽה׃ | varamah | in <the> Ramah | H7414 → |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לְנַעֲר֔וֹto servant his
lenaaroH5288 →239 times
לְכָ֥הcome !
lekhahH1980 →1546 times
וְנִקְרְבָ֖הso let us drew near
venikrevahH7126 →280 times
בְּאַחַ֣דat one of
beachadH259 →971 times
הַמְּקֹמ֑וֹתthe places
hamekomotH4725 →401 times
וְלַ֥נּוּand we will spend [the] night
velanuH3885 →84 times
בַגִּבְעָ֖הin <the> Gibeah
vagivahH1390 →45 times
א֥וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בָרָמָֽה׃in <the> Ramah
varamahH7414 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 11:4
Through
Hosea 5:8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:34
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joel 2:1
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
- Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
- 1 Samuel 15:34
Through
Joshua 18:28Zelah, 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.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded,…
- 2 Samuel 21:14
Through
Isaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 7:17
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 13:23
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 7:17
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.113; Ambrose of Milan, LETTER 33; 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.