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The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Judges 19:1-30

Judges 19:0 1. And it came to pass in those days [not long after Joshua's death, and before Othniel was judge], when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine [such relations were not legally forbidden] out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2. And his concubine [wife or concubine, a wife with inferior rights] played the whore against him, and went away from him [ Pro 30:21 ], unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Judges 19:17-21

While we pay the tribute of just praise, to the old man, and admire his generosity, let the Reader have the eye of his mind directed to him, of whom we read in the gospel, the good Samaritan, and in him behold the pleasing representation of that heavenly Samaritan, who when he passed by, literally found our whole nature exposed in the street, without home, and without shelter, and even worse than all this, made more than half dead by the enemy of souls! Blessed Jesus! do thou say to me, Peace... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 19:17

Bundles. Hebrew, "saw a traveller in," &c. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 19:1-21

The Levite And His Concubine v. 1. And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, when so many things happened which would not have taken place if there had been some one to enforce law and order in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of Mount Ephraim, living outside of a Levitical city, in the more distant parts of this range, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah, a secondary wife in addition to his real wife, this in itself... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 19:1-21

SECOND SECTIONThe Story Of The Infamous Deed Perpetrated At Gibeah, And Its Terrible Consequences Another Illustration Of The Evils That Result When “every Man Does What Is Good In His Own Eyes.”____________________A Levite, whose concubine has left him, goes to her father’s house, and persuades her to return. On their journey home, they enter Gibeah to pass the night there, but are inhospitably left in the market-place, until an Ephraimite resident of the city takes them homeJudges... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 19:1-30

The story of the Levite occupies three chapters and is again a mirror held up to the times, revealing startling moral conditions and showing the conflict of good and evil among them. In considering the story of this chapter, several things are to be carefully noted. First, we must recognize the imperfection of the times as revealed in the practice of polygamy and concubinage among the chosen people. There is no doubt that their action in these matters was in advance of that of the people of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 19:17

‘ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the city square, and the old man said, ‘Where are you going to, and where have you come from?’ Lifting up the eyes is merely a phrase indicating ‘turning the attention on’. On doing this he saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city, whom he realised to be a traveller by the fact of his two asses and his companions, and by their general behaviour. So he asked where they had come from and what their destination was. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 19:1-30

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 of Gibeah,” as a time of notorious moral depravity in Israel, and the events which he had in view doubtless form the basis of the present chapter. But when Israel is called “ the congregation” ( Judges 20:18), when the “ elders of the congregation” are introduced, and when the tribes come automatically together “ as one man” ( Judges 20:1; Judges... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 19:1-30

A TRAGIC CHAPTER IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY(Judges 19:1-30.)HOMILETICSThis chapter contains the history of an unmitigated abomination. Perhaps the best comment upon it is to pass it by. But nothing in human life does God pass by. It seems to be needed, that there should be a few specimens recorded of the darkest phases of human depravity, if for no other reason, than to show to what depths in the mire of sin even professed worshippers of the true God may sink, when given up to the lusts of their own... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 19:1-30

Chapter 19[Now again, in chapter nineteen it says,] It came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel ( Judges 19:1 ),Now no king in Israel. You see Israel was intended by God to be a theocracy. God wanted to be the king. He wanted the people to submit to His rules, to His reign, but the declaration "there was no king in Israel" meant that the people were not submitting to God. Thus there was confusion, everybody was doing what he felt was right and there was great confusion.... read more