Judges 19:10

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
man	הָאִישׁ֙ ha.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
would	אָבָ֤ה 'a.Vah	H14	to breathe after · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
night	לָל֔וּן la.Lun	H3885	to stop (usually over night) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
up	וַיָּ֣קָם vai.Ya.kom	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
departed	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
came	וַיָּבֹא֙ vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
against	נֹ֣כַח No.khach	H5227	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular construct
Jebus	יְב֔וּס ye.Vus	H2982	Jebus · proper noun, a place name
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
two	צֶ֤מֶד Tze.med	H6776	hence · noun, common masculine singular construct
asses	חֲמוֹרִים֙ cha.mo.Rim	H2543	a male ass (from its dun red) · noun, common both genders plural absolute
saddled	חֲבוּשִׁ֔ים cha.vu.Shim	H2280	to wrap firmly (especially a turban · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
concubine	וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹ u.fi.lag.Sho	H6370	a concubine · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Joshua 15:8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up…
Joshua 15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children…
Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the…
Judges 1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fir…
2 Samuel 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take…
1 Chronicles 11:4-5 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:1-15

The domestic affairs of this Levite would not have been related thus largely but to make way for the following story of the injuries done him, in which the whole nation interested themselves. Bishop Hall's first remark upon this story is, That there is no complain of a public ordered state but there is a Levite at one end of it, either as an agent or as a patient. In Micah's idolatry a Levite was active; in the wickedness of Gibeah a Levite was passive; no tribe shall sooner feel the want of government than that of Levi; and, in all the book of Judges, no mention is made of any of that tribe, but of these two. This Levite was of Mount Ephraim, Jdg 19:1. He married a wife of Bethlehem-Judah.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 19:10

the man . . . departed, and came over against Jebus--The note, "which is Jerusalem," must have been inserted by Ezra or some later hand. Jebus being still, though not entirely (Jdg 1:8) in the possession of the old inhabitants, the Levite resisted the advice of his attendant to enter it and determined rather to press forward to pass the night in Gibeah, which he knew was occupied by Israelites. The distance from Beth-lehem to Jerusalem is about six miles. The event showed that it would have been better to have followed the advice of his attendant--to have trusted themselves among aliens than among their own countrymen.

John Gill on Judges 19:10

But the man would not tarry that night,.... He was determined upon his journey; he perceived there was no end of the solicitations of his father-in-law, and did not know how long he intended to detain him, and therefore was resolved not to hearken to him any longer: but he rose up and departed; rose up from his seat, took his leave of his father-in-law, and proceeded on his journey: and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; which was then called Jebus, because inhabited by the Jebusites, as appears from the following verse; this was about six miles from Bethlehem (p); so far they were come on in their journey homewards: and there were with him two asses saddled; which he brought wi…

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Dictionary and topics

Benjamin, The Tribe Of — The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its progenitor comes out in many scattered notices. Benjamin was the only tribe which seems to have pursued archery…
Gibeah — A hill or hill-town, “of Benjamin” (1 Sam. 13:15), better known as “Gibeah of Saul” (11:4; Isa. 10:29). It was here that the terrible outrage was committed on the Levite’s concubine which led to the…
Jebus — Trodden hard, or fastness, or “the waterless hill”, the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg. 19:10, and with…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Micah — A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of…
Wolf — Heb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty. Jacob’s prophecy, “Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf” (Gen. 49:27), represents the warlike character of that tribe…
Yoke — (1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Num. 19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called ’ol. (2.) In Jer.…
Jerusalem · .JEBUS — .JEBUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 19:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 19:10

John Gill on Judges 19:10

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Judges 19:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 19:10

John Gill on Judges 19:10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 19:9-10

Rashi on Judges 19:9