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Judges 19:14

So they went forward vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them neere to Gibeah, which is in Beniamin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gibeah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gibeah;   Hospitality;   Judges, Book of;   Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Bethlehem;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;   Gibeah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fool;   Gibeah;   Hill;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
Hebrew Names Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gevah, which belongs to Binyamin.
King James Version
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
Lexham English Bible
So they crossed over and went their way, and the sun went down on them beside Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
English Standard Version
So they passed on and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin,
New Century Version
So they went on. The sun went down as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.
New English Translation
So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.
Amplified Bible
So they passed by and went on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin,
New American Standard Bible
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.
Legacy Standard Bible
So het hulle dan verder verbygetrek; en die son het vir hulle ondergegaan by Gíbea wat aan Benjamin behoort.
Contemporary English Version
They walked on and reached Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin just after sunset.
Complete Jewish Bible
So they went on and kept traveling, until the sun set on them near Giv‘ah, which belongs to Binyamin.
Darby Translation
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the Levite and those with him traveled on. The sun was going down just as they entered the city of Gibeah. Gibeah is in the area that belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.
George Lamsa Translation
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Good News Translation
So they passed by Jebus and continued on their way. It was sunset when they came to Gibeah in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
Literal Translation
And they passed on and traveled on. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they wente on and walked, and the Sonne wente downe vpon the harde by Gibea, which lyeth in the trybe of BenIamin:
American Standard Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
Bible in Basic English
So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they went forwarde vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them when they were fast by Gibea, which belongeth to them of Beniamin.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
King James Version (1611)
And they passed on and went their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Beniamin.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they passed by and went on, and the sun went down upon them near to Gabaa, which is in Benjamin.
English Revised Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
Berean Standard Bible
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei passiden Jebus, and token the weie bigunnun. And the sunne yede doun to hem bisidis Gabaa, which is in the lynage of Beniamyn;
Young's Literal Translation
And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin;
Update Bible Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which [belongeth] to Benjamin.
World English Bible
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
New King James Version
And they passed by and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
New Living Translation
So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,
New Life Bible
So they passed Jebus and went on their way. The sun went down when they were near Gibeah, a city of Benjamin.
New Revised Standard
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they passed on, and went their way, - and the sun went in upon them beside Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So they passed by Jebus, and went on their journey, and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gabaa, which is in the tribe of Benjamin:
Revised Standard Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gib'e-ah, which belongs to Benjamin,
THE MESSAGE
So they kept going. As they pressed on, the sun finally left them in the vicinity of Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin. They left the road there to spend the night at Gibeah. The Levite went and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them in to spend the night. Then, late in the evening, an old man came in from his day's work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and lived temporarily in Gibeah where all the local citizens were Benjaminites. When the old man looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, he said, "Where are you going? And where are you from?" The Levite said, "We're just passing through. We're coming from Bethlehem on our way to a remote spot in the hills of Ephraim. I come from there. I've just made a trip to Bethlehem in Judah and I'm on my way back home, but no one has invited us in for the night. We wouldn't be any trouble: We have food and straw for the donkeys, and bread and wine for the woman, the young man, and me—we don't need anything." The old man said, "It's going to be all right; I'll take care of you. You aren't going to spend the night in the town square." He took them home and fed the donkeys. They washed up and sat down to a good meal. They were relaxed and enjoying themselves when the men of the city, a gang of local hell-raisers all, surrounded the house and started pounding on the door. They yelled for the owner of the house, the old man, "Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him." He went out and told them, "No, brothers! Don't be obscene—this man is my guest. Don't commit this outrage. Look, my virgin daughter and his concubine are here. I'll bring them out for you. Abuse them if you must, but don't do anything so senselessly vile to this man." But the men wouldn't listen to him. Finally, the Levite pushed his concubine out the door to them. They raped her repeatedly all night long. Just before dawn they let her go. The woman came back and fell at the door of the house where her master was sleeping. When the sun rose, there she was. It was morning. Her master got up and opened the door to continue his journey. There she was, his concubine, crumpled in a heap at the door, her hands on the threshold. "Get up," he said. "Let's get going." There was no answer. He lifted her onto his donkey and set out for home. When he got home he took a knife and dismembered his concubine—cut her into twelve pieces. He sent her, piece by piece, throughout the country of Israel. And he ordered the men he sent out, "Say to every man in Israel: ‘Has such a thing as this ever happened from the time the Israelites came up from the land of Egypt until now? Think about it! Talk it over. Do something!'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

Contextual Overview

1 Also in those dayes, when there was no king in Israel, a certaine Leuite dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, and tooke to wife a concubine out of Beth-lehem Iudah, 2 And his concubine played ye whore there, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Beth-lehem Iudah, and there continued the space of foure moneths. 3 And her husband arose and went after her, to speake friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe: he had also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him vnto her fathers house, and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his comming. 4 And his father in lawe, the yong womans father reteined him: & he abode with him three dayes: so they did eate & drinke, & lodged there. 5 And when the fourth day came, they arose earely in the morning, and he prepared to depart: then the yong womans father said vnto his sonne in lawe, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and then go your way. 6 So they sate downe, and did eate & drinke both of them together. And the yong womans father said vnto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tary all night, and let thine heart be mery. 7 And when the man rose vp to depart, his father in lawe was earnest: therefore he returned, and lodged there. 8 And he arose vp earely the fifth day to depart, and the yong womans father saide, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee: and they taryed vntill after midday, and they both did eate. 9 Afterwarde when the man arose to depart with his concubine and his seruant, his father in lawe, the yong womans father said vnto him, Beholde nowe, the day draweth towarde euen: I pray you, tary all night: beholde, the sunne goeth to rest: lodge here, that thine heart may be merie, and to morowe get you earely vpon your way, and goe to thy tent. 10 But the man would not tarry, but arose & departed, and came ouer against Iebus, (which is Ierusalem) and his two asses laden, and his concubine were with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 20:31 - the house of God 2 Chronicles 13:2 - Gibeah

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they went to bed, the men of the citie, euen the men of Sodom compassed the house rounde about from the yong euen to the olde, all the people from all quarters.
Genesis 19:8
Beholde nowe, I haue two daughters, which haue not knowen man: them will I bring out now vnto you, and doe to them as seemeth you good: onely vnto these men doe nothing: for therefore are they come vnder the shadowe of my roofe.
Genesis 19:12
Then the men said vnto Lot, Whom hast thou yet here? either sonne in lawe, or thy sonnes, or thy daughters, or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring it out of this place.
Genesis 19:14
Then Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe, which maried his daughters, and said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy the citie: but he seemed to his sonnes in lawe as though he had mocked.
Genesis 19:17
And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, saue thee there: for I can doe nothing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the citie was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.
Genesis 19:30
Then Lot went vp from Zoar, & dwelt in the mountaine with his two daughters: for he feared to tarie in Zoar, but dwelt in a caue, he, and his two daughters.
Exodus 9:21
But such as regarded not the worde of the Lorde, left his seruants, and his cattell in the fielde.
Exodus 12:31
And hee called to Moses and to Aaron by night, and saide, Rise vp, get you out from among my people, both yee, and the children of Israel, and goe serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they passed on, and went their way,.... Proceeded on in their journey from Jebus or Jerusalem, near to which they were:

and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin; which is added, to distinguish it from another Gibeah in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57 when they were come pretty near to this place, on the side of it, as it seems, the sun was just setting, which determined them to take up their lodging here, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin - See Joshua 18:24 note.


 
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