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Selected Verse: Judges 19:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jud 19:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Now as they were making their hearts [03820] merry [03190], behold, the men [0582] of the city [05892], certain [0582] sons [01121] of Belial [01100], beset [05437] the house [01004] round about [05437], and beat [01849] at the door [01817], and spake [0559] to the master [01167] of the house [01004], the old [02205] man [0376], saying [0559], Bring forth [03318] the man [0376] that came [0935] into thine house [01004], that we may know [03045] him. |
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King James |
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE GIBEAHITES ABUSE HIS CONCUBINE TO DEATH. (Jdg 19:22-28)
certain sons of Belial beset the house--The narrative of the horrid outrage that was committed; of the proposal of the old man; the unfeeling, careless, and in many respects, inexplicable conduct of the Levite towards his wife, disclose a state of morality that would have appeared incredible, did it not rest on the testimony of the sacred historian. Both men ought to have protected the women in the house, even though at the expense of their lives, or thrown themselves on God's providence. It should be noted, however, that the guilt of such a foul outrage is not fastened on the general population of Gibeah. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Merry - That is, refreshing themselves with the provisions set before them. Sons of belial - Children of the devil, wicked and licentious men. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Sons of Belial - Profligate fellows. See the notes on Deu 13:13.
That we may know him - See Gen 19:5. These were genuine sodomites as to their practice; sons of Belial, rascals and miscreants of the deepest dye; worse than brutes, being a compound of beast and devil inseparably blended. |
22 Now as they were making their hearts [03820] merry [03190], behold, the men [0582] of the city [05892], certain [0582] sons [01121] of Belial [01100], beset [05437] the house [01004] round about [05437], and beat [01849] at the door [01817], and spake [0559] to the master [01167] of the house [01004], the old [02205] man [0376], saying [0559], Bring forth [03318] the man [0376] that came [0935] into thine house [01004], that we may know [03045] him.
23 And the man [0376], the master [01167] of the house [01004], went out [03318] unto them, and said [0559] unto them, Nay [0408], my brethren [0251], nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly [07489]; seeing [0310] that this man [0376] is come [0935] into mine house [01004], do [06213] not this folly [05039].
24 Behold, here is my daughter [01323] a maiden [01330], and his concubine [06370]; them I will bring out [03318] now, and humble [06031] ye them, and do [06213] with them what seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto you: but unto this man [0376] do [06213] not so [02063] vile [05039] a thing [01697].
25 But the men [0582] would [014] not hearken [08085] to him: so the man [0376] took [02388] his concubine [06370], and brought [03318] her forth [02351] unto them; and they knew [03045] her, and abused [05953] her all the night [03915] until the morning [01242]: and when the day [07837] began to spring [05927], they let her go [07971].
26 Then came [0935] the woman [0802] in the dawning [06437] of the day [01242], and fell down [05307] at the door [06607] of the man's [0376] house [01004] where her lord [0113] was, till it was light [0216].
27 And her lord [0113] rose up [06965] in the morning [01242], and opened [06605] the doors [01817] of the house [01004], and went out [03318] to go [03212] his way [01870]: and, behold, the woman [0802] his concubine [06370] was fallen down [05307] at the door [06607] of the house [01004], and her hands [03027] were upon the threshold [05592].
28 And he said [0559] unto her, Up [06965], and let us be going [03212]. But none answered [06030]. Then the man [0376] took [03947] her up upon an ass [02543], and the man [0376] rose up [06965], and gat [03212] him unto his place [04725].
5 And they called [07121] unto Lot [03876], and said [0559] unto him, Where are the men [0582] which came in [0935] to thee this night [03915]? bring them out [03318] unto us, that we may know [03045] them.
13 Certain men [0582], the children [01121] of Belial [01100], are gone out [03318] from among [07130] you, and have withdrawn [05080] the inhabitants [03427] of their city [05892], saying [0559], Let us go [03212] and serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], which ye have not known [03045];