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New American Standard Bible

Judges 19:13

And he said to his servant, "Come, and let's approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ramah;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gibeah;   Hill;   Maccabees, Books of;   Ramah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeah;   Ramah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Come on,” he said, “let’s try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Hebrew Names Version
He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gevah, or in Ramah.
King James Version
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places; we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."
English Standard Version
And he said to his young man, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places and spend the night at Gibeah or at Ramah."
New Century Version
He said, "Come on. Let's try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah so we can spend the night in one of those cities."
New English Translation
He said to his servant, "Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
Amplified Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places: and we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs drawe neere to one of these places, that wee may lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.
Legacy Standard Bible
Verder sê hy aan sy dienaar: Trek, laat ons nader kom by een van die plekke en in Gíbea of Rama vernag.
Contemporary English Version
because we can make it to Gibeah or maybe even to Ramah before dark."
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to his servant, "Let's go, and we'll get to one of those places; we'll stay in Giv‘ah or Ramah."
Darby Translation
And he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Levite said, "Come on. Let's try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah. We can stay the night in one of those cities."
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his servant, Come, let us draw near to one of these places to lodge the night in Gibeah, or in Ramtha.
Literal Translation
And he said to his young man, Come and we shall draw near to one of these places, and shall stay in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto his seruaut: Go thou before, that we maye come to some place, and tarye at Gibea or at Ramah allnight.
American Standard Version
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayd vnto his lad: Go forwarde and let vs drawe neare to one of these places to lodge all nyght, either in Gibea, or in Rama
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto his servant: 'Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
King James Version (1611)
And hee sayde vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs draw neere to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw nigh to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gabaa or in Rama.
English Revised Version
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Berean Standard Bible
He continued, "Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne Y schal come thidur, we schulen dwelle therynne, `ether certis in the citee of Rama.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to his young man, `Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
Update Bible Version
And he said to his attendant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
World English Bible
He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
New King James Version
So he said to his servant, "Come, let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."
New Living Translation
Come on, let's try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we'll spend the night in one of those towns."
New Life Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come, let us go to one of these places. We will stay the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
New Revised Standard
Then he said to his servant, "Come, let us try to reach one of these places, and spend the night at Gibeah or at Ramah."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said to his young man, Come and let us draw near unto one of the places, - and tarry the night in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night at Gib'e-ah or at Ramah."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

Contextual Overview

1 Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But his concubine found him repugnant, and she left him and went to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah, and remained there for a period of four months. 3 Then her husband set out and went after her to speak gently to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house, and when the girl's father saw him, he was glad to meet him. 4 His father-in-law, the girl's father, prevailed upon him, and he remained with him for three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there. 5 Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he prepared to go; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Strengthen yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go." 6 So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Please be so kind as to spend the night, and let your heart be cheerful." 7 However, the man got up to go; but his father-in-law urged him, and he spent the night there again. 8 Now on the fifth day he got up to go early in the morning, but the girl's father said, "Please strengthen yourself, and wait until late afternoon"; so both of them ate. 9 When the man got up to go, along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold now, the day has drawn to a close; please spend the night. Behold, the day is coming to an end; spend the night here so that your heart may be cheerful. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey and go home." 10 But the man was unwilling to spend the night, so he got up and left, and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And with him was a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gibeah: Joshua 18:25, Joshua 18:26, Joshua 18:28, 1 Samuel 10:26, Isaiah 10:29, Hosea 5:8

Reciprocal: Judges 20:31 - the house of God

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the LORD.
Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Genesis 19:1
Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he stood up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Genesis 19:5
and they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them."
Genesis 19:6
But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,
Genesis 19:8
"Now look, I have two daughters who have not had relations with any man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do not do anything to these men, because they have come under the shelter of my roof."
Genesis 19:9
But they said, "Get out of the way!" They also said, "This one came in as a foreigner, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!" So they pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break the door.
Genesis 19:12
Then the two men said to Lot, "Whom else do you have here? A son-in-law and your sons and daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place;
Genesis 19:15
When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 19:16
But he hesitated. So the men grasped his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, because the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said to his servant, come, and let us draw near,.... And get on as fast as we can:

to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah; which were both in the tribe of Benjamin, and he left it to his servant to go to either, to that which was most convenient, because of the time of the day, it being near sun setting; now, as before observed, Gibeah was not quite four miles from Jerusalem; whereas, according to Jerom s, Ramah was six miles, and therefore we find they took up at Gibeah, as being nearest of these two places; :- :- :-

s De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.


 
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