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Judges 19:1 open_in_new
in those days. In the same days as Ch. Judges 18:1. Soon after the death of Joshua. Figure of speech Hysterologia. App-6.
no king. See note on Judges 18:1.
a certain Levite. The house of God neglected. Priests and Levites unemployed and wandering about. Compare Judges 17:7.
mount. the hill country of.
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Judges 19:2 open_in_new
four whole months. Hebrew "days, four months", so some think. "a year and four months".
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Judges 19:3 open_in_new
friendly. Hebrew "to her heart". affectionately.
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Judges 19:10 open_in_new
Jebus. At that time still occupied by Canaanites. See Joshua 10:1; Joshua 15:63.
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Judges 19:12 open_in_new
children. sons.
Gibeah. City of Benjamin; later, the residence of Saul (1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 11:4).
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Judges 19:15 open_in_new
street. open place.
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Judges 19:18 open_in_new
going. His direction was towards mount Ephraim, not to Shiloh!
the house of the LORD. So Micah's temple was already called. Compare Judges 18:31.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Judges 19:19 open_in_new
servants. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "servant" (Singular).
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Judges 19:22 open_in_new
sons of Belial. worthless scoundrels, sons of the devil.
door. Like Sodom (Genesis 19:4),. sign of the moral corruption which follows apostasy and accompanies idolatry.
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Judges 19:23 open_in_new
the man. Another Lot in another Sodom.
wickedly. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
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Judges 19:26 open_in_new
door. entrance.
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Judges 19:28 open_in_new
an. the.