the house of God. Probably Shiloh, Compare Judges 21:12 with Judges 18:31.
God. Hebrew. ha-'Elohim, "the [true] God". App-4.
wept sore. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), "wept. great weeping". See note on Genesis 26:28. Benjamin is indeed, now, "a son of sorrow" (Ben-oni,. son of sorrow. Genesis 35:18).