The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
Though there as not one of Gibeah, yet it proved there was one in Gibeah, that showed some civility to this distressed Levite, who was glad that any one took notice of him. It was strange that some of those wicked people, who, when it was dark, designed so ill to him and his concubine, did not, under pretence of kindness, invite them in, that...
Commenting on Judges 19:16-21
And he said unto him, we are passing from Bethlehemjudah,.... He answers to his last question first, for this was the place from whence they came: towards the side of Mount Ephraim: thither they were going, which is an answer to the first question: and then adds, which is more than what was requested: from thence am I; that is, he was an inhabitant of...
AN OLD MAN ENTERTAINS HIM AT GIBEAH. (Jdg 19:16-21) there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim--Perhaps his hospitality was quickened by learning the stranger's occupation, and that he was on his return to his duties at Shiloh.
Commenting on Judges 19:16-21