Judges 19:3

friendly. Hebrew "to her heart". affectionately.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 19-21 . In the story of the outrage of Gibeah, there is a combination of history and midrash. Hosea ( Judges 9:9 ) makes allusion to the days...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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:...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her— In the original, to speak her heart, to refer to their former endearments,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Wickedness of Gibeah A Levite and his concubine meet with foul treatment at Gibeah, a town of Benjamin. The indignation of the other tribes is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He rejoiced ] feeling the separation to be a disgrace.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To speak friendly unto her. — Literally, to speak to her heart — i.e., to bring about a kindly reconciliation ( Genesis 34:3 ; Genesis 1:21 ;...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 20:1-48 ; Judges 21:1-25 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1-30 ; Judges 20:1-48 ; Judges 21:1-25 THESE last Chapter s descri...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story of the Levite occupies three Chapter s and is again a mirror held up to the times, revealing startling moral conditions and showing the con...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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: an...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And her husband arose ,.... From the place where he lived: and went after her ; to Bethlehemjudah, where her father lived: to speak comfortably...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Played the whore against him Against her faith given to him. Went away Either for fear of punishment, or because her heart was alienated from him...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ANOTHER LEVITE'S DIVERSION (vv. 1:21) The history of a different Levite was involved in the moral corruption that afflicted Israel in the time o...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elopement of the Levite's Concubine; The Levite Reconciled to His Concubine; The Levite Benighted at Gibeah....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To speak friendly unto her, or, to speak to her heart, i.e. kindly and comfortably, as that phrase is taken, Ge 1 21 Ho 2:14 , to offer, her pardo...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A TRAGIC CHAPTER IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY ( Judges 19:1-30 .) HOMILETICS This chapter contains the history of an unmitigated abomination. Perhaps the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 19:1 . In those days, while Phinehas was highpriest, and in the first generation after Joshua's death. He is called her husband, Judges 19...
The Biblical Illustrator

Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? The past and the future These two questions were usually proposed of old to the traveller, by the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 19:1 When there was no king ( Judges 17:6 ; Judges 18:1 ; Judges 21:25 ). It appears from Judges 20:27 , Judges 20:...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levite And His Concubine
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And her husband arose, he set out from home, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, to speak to her heart, to show her that he carried no...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 6:1 ; Genesis 34:3 ; Genesis 50:21 ; Hosea 2:14 ; Jeremiah 3:1 ; John 8:11 ; John 8:4 ; John 8:5 ; Judges 15:1 ; Leviticus 19:17...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Friendly — To offer her pardon and reconciliation.

³ And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendlyb 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.

Related Commentaries of Judges 19:3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 19:3