2 And his concubine played the whore againſt him 4, and went away from him e unto her fathers houſe to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there || + four whole mo- neths f.
d 1.e. Againſt her Faith given to him, or to his wrong ; or, with him, 1.e. in his Houſe ; or whileſt ſhe lived with him, which IS OP- poſed to her going away, which here follows. e Either for fear of his ſevere Rebukes or Puniſhment ; or, becauſe her heart was alie- nated from him. f Heb. ſome days, to wity four moneths; or, a year ( fo days commonly ſignifie ) and four moneths; wherein not only ſhe ſinned, but her Father by ſome indulgence and connivance at her Sin, and neglett of juſt endeavours for her recon:iliation to her Hul. band, the 1ll effets whereof he ſpeediiy felt, in the loſs of his Daughter iv fo dreadful a manner.
3 And her husbandaroſe,and went after her to ſpeak + friendly unto her g, and to bring her again 6, having his ſervant with him, and a couple of ajſes i : and ſhe brought him into her fathers houſe : and when the fa- ther of the damſel ſaw him, he rejoyced to meet him &. s Or, to ſpeak to her heart, 1. e. kindly and comfortably, as that Phrale is taken, Gen. 50. 2 1» Ho. 2. 14+ to offer her Pardon and Reconciliatton,and Reſtitution to her former State. h To wit,to his own Houſe. # Partly, for himſelf or his Wife to ride upon, as there was occaſion ; and partly, for carrying their Proviſion, as ap-
pears from v. 19. & Hoping the breach would be made up by this MEANSe
4 And his father in law, the damſels father, retain- ed him, and he abode with him three days : ſo they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
5 C4 Andit came to paſs on the fourth day, when they aroſe early in the morning, that he roſe up to de- part : and the damfels father {aid unto his ſon in law, + Comfort thy heart with a morſel of bread, and after- ward £0 your way.
6 And they fate down and did eat and drink both of chem together : for the damſels father had ſaid unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart f be merry.
law urged him : therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he roſe early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, and the damſels father ſaid, Comfort thine
and they did eat both of them.
9 And when the man roſe up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his ſervant, his father in law, the dam- ſels father faid unto him,Behold, now the day F draw- eth towards evening, I pray you tarry all night : be-
on your Way, that thou mayeft go + home:
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heart, I pray thee. And they tarried + until afternoon, + Heb. | the anj clineds |
, is We. hold, + the day groweth to an end 1, lodge here that + Heb. | thine heart.may.be merry, and to morrow get ye carly i: rhe pit ing $11? 4 the day?
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'® JUDGES. $ (hiP- XIX. | 7 v, 9 o \ ward reſt « fo it is 4 Poetical expreſſion taken from hence, That | wl rongh Es lic be ſers, ſcems to vulgar eyes to go to reſt. wicked deſign of knowing him Carnally. Compare Gen: 19: 5. where ” wa But the man would not tarry than night, but he | the ſame Phraſe pier: that ſenſe upon a 1ik- occaſion. But though ; nl : they name only the Man ; yet it is plain from the following re!a- Ltfeb: £0 roſe up, and departed, and came + over againſt Jebus |**Y J 5 | g
, e il; tion, that their Deſign was principally upon the Woman, and there- jous fadled, his concubine alſo was with him,
ſs) him. es I ir And when they were by Jebus, the day was far] ' 23 And * the man, the maſter of the houſe, went out TW <t1: 19 {pent, and the ſervant ſaid unto his maſter, Come, I unto them, and ſaid unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, ,, pray thee, and let us turn in unto. this city of the Jebu- |1 pray you do not ſo wickedly, lcing that this man is fitzs, and lodge in it. come into mine houſe «, do not this folly. : po Rd his maſter {aid unto him.We will not turn a- |. - And therefore Iam obliged to prote& him by the Laws of Hos ys : . B. . ſpitaliry. Compare Ger? 19: 7, 8. i o the city of a ftranger mz that is nor of the |* ; rootrone of Iſrael : wa will call c0ce to Gibeah. 24 Behold, here 5s my daughter, a maiden, and his par e. Of a ftrange Nation : which the Cmmaanites poſleſs; for concubine, them I wall _ wn bs b, fone 17 com though the City Jeruſalem had been taken by Caleb, Judges 1. yet the [ye them, and co with them what cemet 8909 unto | ftrong Fort of Zim was {till in their hands, 2 Sam: 5: 6, 7» whence you : but unto this man do not | {o vile a thing. + Heb: zZe it is likely they did much moleſty and afrerwards by God's permiſ-| 5 He offers this to avoid a greater and more unnatural! Sin, which matter of Gon, and for the punithment of their Sin, drive out the Jraelites | he thought they deſigned ; but it ſeems they did not, their abuſe this foly, who dwelt there. being confined to the Woman, and not extended to the Man, who
Chap. RX.
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12 And he faid unto his ſervant, Come, and letus draw near to one of theſe places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah »» |
2 Both which places lay in Benjamin's Portion, a little North:
ward from Jeru{alem, and in the Road from Bethlehem-Judah to Gi- beah.
14 And they paſſed on, and went their way, andthe ſun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin os
o This is aided to difference it from another Gibeah in Judah, Fol:
15:57. Poffibly this is that which was called Gibeah of Saul, 1 Sam: Il; 4+
down in a ſtreet of the city : for there was no man that took them into his houſe to lodging p.