Judges 19:11 [And] when they [were] by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Ver. 11. Come, I pray thee, and let us turn, &c.] This was not the worst counsel that ever the Levite had given him.
“ Saepe etiam est holitor valde opportuna locutus. ”
But he thought to have done otherwise for the better, though it fell out for the worse. Counsels are not to be valued by events, but by the reasons whereupon they are grounded; and God's direction, above all, is to be implored.