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Judges 19:3

in Judges 19

her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

KJV

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

This verse in Judges 19

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

to speak kindly to her

on Judges 19:3-4

Behind “speak kindly to her” stands the Hebrew to speak to her heart, the expression Ruth uses of Boaz at Ruth 2:13. It is the one act of kindness the chapter records, and her father “gladly welcomed him”. Three days was the ordinary length of a guest's welcome.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.111-12 · Written before 397.

proposed

Then her husband arose and went to the house of his father-in-law to reconcile himself with his wife, to win her back and take her home again. The woman ran to meet him and brought her husband into her father's house. The maiden's father rejoiced and went to meet him, and the man stayed with him three days, and they ate and rested.

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

LETTER 33 · Written before 397.

proposed

After the fourth month slipped by her husband, who was overwhelmed with love and had nothing else to hope for, went to her, trusting that the young girl's heart would be softened on the advice of her parents. His father-in-law met him at the door and brought him into the house. He reconciled his daughter and, in order that he might send them away more joyous, kept them three days while he prepared a sort of nuptial banquet.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He spoke friendly to her, or comfortably (for so the Hebrew phrase of speaking to the heart commonly signifies), which intimates that she was in sorrow, penitent fore what she had done amiss, which probably he heard of when he came to fetch her back. Thus God promises concerning adulterous Israel ( Hos. ii.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He rejoiced to meet him - He hoped to be able completely to reconcile his daughter and her husband.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיָּ֨קָםand he arose

    vaiyakomH6965 →628 times

  • אִישָׁ֜הּhusband her

    ʾishahH376 →1663 times

  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • אַחֲרֶ֗יהָafter her

    ʾachareihaH310 →715 times

  • לְדַבֵּ֤רto speak

    ledaberH1696 →1141 times

  • עַל־to

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • לִבָּהּ֙heart her

    libahH3820 →595 times

  • לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּto bring back her

    lahashivohH7725 →1056 times

  • וְנַעֲר֥וֹand servant his

    venaaroH5288 →239 times

  • עִמּ֖וֹ[was] with him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • וְצֶ֣מֶדand a pair of

    vetzemedH6776 →

  • חֲמֹרִ֑יםdonkeys

    chamorimH2543 →96 times

  • וַתְּבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙and she brought him

    vateviehuH935 →2568 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אָבִ֔יהָfather her

    ʾavihaH1 →1212 times

  • וַיִּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙and he saw him

    vaiyirehuH7200 →1300 times

  • אֲבִ֣י[the] father of

    ʾaviH1 →1212 times

  • הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הthe young woman

    hanaarahH5291 →63 times

  • וַיִּשְׂמַ֖חand he was glad

    vaiyismachH8055 →155 times

  • לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃to meet him

    likratoH7122 →139 times

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

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

    John 8:11

    “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”

    it leads to

    • John 3:17

      For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

    • John 5:14

      Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

    • Isaiah 1:16–18

      Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

    • John 8:15

      You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

    • Luke 15:7

      In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 3:1

    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 24:1–4

      If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her…

  • Through

    Genesis 50:21

    Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 47:12

      Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

  • Through

    Judges 15:1

    Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 38:17

      “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

Where this verse is studied

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

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.111-12; 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.