Judges 19:14
in Judges 19So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
KJV
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
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This verse in Judges 19
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd they passed on, and went their way,.... Proceeded on in their journey from Jebus or Jerusalem, near to which they were: and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin; which is added, to distinguish it from another Gibeah in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:57 when they were come pretty near to this place, on the side of it, as it seems, the sun was just setting, which determined them to take up their lodging here, as follows.
This site's exposition
let us try to reach one of these towns
on Judges 19:13-15
Gibeah and Ramah are Benjamite towns, and 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”. Genesis 18 and 19 turn on taking in the traveller, and Hosea 9:9 and 10:9 measure Israel by the days of Gibeah.
This site's exposition
the sun set as they neared Gibeah
The words in Benjamin set this Gibeah apart from a town of the same name in Judah, which Gill finds at Joshua 15:57. Barnes refers the reader to Joshua 18:24, in the list of the towns of Benjamin. Sunset decides where they will lodge.
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 Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin - See Jos 18:24 note.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ | vaiyaavru | and they passed on | H5674 → | 556 times |
| וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַתָּבֹ֤א | vatavo' | and it went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לָהֶם֙ | lahem | for <the> them | ||
| הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ | hashemesh | the sun | H8121 → | 134 times |
| אֵ֥צֶל | ʾetzel | beside | H681 → | |
| הַגִּבְעָ֖ה | hagivah | <the> Gibeah | H1390 → | 45 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ | levinyamin | [belongs] to Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
וַיַּעַבְר֖וּand they passed on
vaiyaavruH5674 →556 times
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
וַתָּבֹ֤אand it went
vatavo'H935 →2568 times
לָהֶם֙for <the> them
lahem
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁthe sun
hashemeshH8121 →134 times
אֵ֥צֶלbeside
ʾetzelH681 →
הַגִּבְעָ֖ה<the> Gibeah
hagivahH1390 →45 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃[belongs] to Benjamin
levinyaminH1144 →166 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.