Judges 19:15
one <0376> [no man.]
There was probably no inn, or house of public entertainment in this place; and therefore they could not have a lodging unless furnished by mere hospitality. But these Benjamites seem to have added to their other vices, avarice and inhospitality, like the inhabitants of Akoura in mount Lebanon, mentioned by Burckhardt.
Judges 19:7
Judges 19:13
Gibeah <01390> [Gibeah.]
Judges 19:9
day .......... day <03117> [the day.]
<07503> [draweth, etc. Heb. is weak. the day groweth to an end. Heb. it is the pitching time of the day, Jer 6:4.]
That is, it was near the time in which travellers ordinarily pitched their tents, to take up their lodging for the night. In the latter part of the afternoon, eastern travellers begin to look out for a place for this purpose. So Dr. Shaw observes, "Our constant practice was to rise at break of day, set forward with the sun, and travel to the middle of the afternoon; at which time we began to look out for encampments of Arabs; who, to prevent such parties as ours from living at free charges upon them, take care to pitch in woods, valleys, or places the least conspicuous."
tomorrow <04279> [to morrow.]
home <0168> [home. Heb. to thy tent.]
Judges 19:4
Judges 19:6
time <03820> [let thine heart.]
[until afternoon. Heb. till the day declined.]
Merely that they might avoid the heat of the day, which would have been very inconvenient in travelling.
Judges 19:10
<05227> [over against. Heb. to over against. Jebus.]
Judges 19:20
just fine ..... care ...... But <07965 07535> [Peace be.]
needs <04270> [let all thy wants.]
Here was genuine hospitality: "Keep your bread and wine for yourselves, and your straw and provender for your asses; you may need them before you finish your journey: I will supply all your wants for this night; only do not lodge in the street."
spend ....... square <03885 07339> [lodge not.]
Judges 20:4
Levite <03881> [the Levite. Heb. the man the Levite. I came.]
Judges 18:2
Danites ........... men <0582 01121> [men. Heb. sons. Zorah.]
spy out <07270> [to spy.]
hill country <02022> [mount.]
Judges 19:11
Jebusite <02983> [the Jebusites.]
