Judges 19:22-30
they were.6,7; 16:25the men.20:5; Ge 19:4; Ho 9:9; 10:9sons of Belial.De 13:13; 1Sa 1:16; 2:12; 10:27; 25:25; 2Sa 23:6,7; 2Co 6:15Bring forth.Ge 19:5; Ro 1:26,27; 1Co 6:9; Jude 1:7 the man.Ge 19:6,7do not this folly.20:6; Ge 34:7; Jos 7:15; 2Sa 13:12 Behold.The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East: and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated. them.Ge 19:8; Ro 3:8humble ye.Ge 34:2; *marg:De 21:14so vile a thing. Heb. the matter of this folly. knew her.Ge 4:1and abused.Jer 5:7,8; Ho 7:4-7; 9:9; 10:9; Eph 4:19 her lord was.3,27; Ge 18:12; 1Pe 3:6 27 But none.20:5; 1Ki 18:29 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. 20:6,7; Ro 10:2with her bones.De 21:22,23 consider.20:7; Pr 11:14; 13:10; 15:22; 20:18; 24:6Judges 20:5
And the men.19:22beset.Ge 19:4-8and my concubine.19:25,26forced. Heb. humbled.De 22:24; Eze 22:10,11Judges 20:13-14
deliver.2Sa 20:21,22children of Belial.19:22; De 13:13; 1Sa 30:22; 2Sa 20:1; 23:6; 1Ki 21:13; 2Ch 13:7put away.De 17:7,12; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7; Ec 11:10would not.1Sa 2:25; 2Ch 25:16,20; Pr 29:1; Ho 9:9; 10:9; Ro 1:32; Re 18:4,5The conduct of the Israelites was very equitable in this demand; but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice. However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply corrupted, and (all their advantages considered) as ripe for divine vengeance as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been. Confiding in their own valour and military skill, they seen to have first prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior numbers. Nu 20:20; 21:23; 2Ch 13:13; Job 15:25,26Hosea 9:9
deeply.Isa 24:5; 31:6Gibeah.10:9; Jud 19:22-30; 20:1-21:25therefore.8:13
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