Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 19:1-30
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 19:3; and it was adultery for a woman so espoused to connect herself with another man. Judges 19:2 . His concubine played the whore. The LXX read, “was angry with him.” The Chaldaic reads, “despised him.” Judges 19:11 . When they were by Jebus; that is, Jerusalem; shalom was added to Jebus, it would seem, in memory of its peace. Joshua had... read more
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