Judges 19:1-3
king <04428> [when there.]
hill country <02022> [mount.]
acquired <0802> [a concubine. Heb. a woman, a concubine, or, a wife, a concubine.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
angry <02181> [played.]
[four whole months. or, a year and four months. Heb. days, four months.]
<03212> [went.]
hoping <01696> [speak.]
convince .... return <03820 07725> [friendly unto her. Heb. to her heart.]
return <07725> [to bring.]
servant <05288> [his servant.]
Judges 19:29
carved ... up <05408 06106> [divided her.]
It is probable, that with the pieces he sent to each tribe a circumstantial account of the barbarity of the men of Gibeah; and that they considered each of the pieces as expressing an execration. That a similar custom prevailed in ancient times is evident from 1 SA 11:7. It had an inhuman appearance, thus to mangle the corpse of this unhappy woman; but it was intended to excite a keener resentment against so horrible a crime, which called for a punishment proportionally severe.
<06106> [with her bones.]
