Judges 19 · Geneva Bible Notes (1560) · Commentaries (Good Books Free)

¹ ^! A Leuites wife being an harlot, forsoke her housband, and he toke her againe.

² ^/ Ebr. besides him: to wit, with others.

³ ^/ Or, at his meting.

³ ^/ Ebr. to her heart.

⁵ ^/ Or, strengthen.

⁵ ^/ Ebr. rose vp.

⁶ ^a That is, his concubines father.

⁷ ^/ Or, compelled him.

⁸ ^b Meaning, that he shulde refresh him selfe with meate, as {vers. 5}.

⁹ ^/ Ebr, is weake

⁹ ^/ Or, the day lodgeth.

⁹ ^c To wit, to the towne or citie where he dwelt.

¹¹ ^/ Or, went downe.

¹² ^d Thogh in these daies there were most horrible corruptions, yet very necessitie colde not compel them to haue to do with them that professed not the true God.

¹⁵ ^/ Or, gathered them.

¹⁶ ^e That is, of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹⁷ ^/ Or, a man walking.

¹⁸ ^f To Shiloh Mizpeh where the Arke was.

²⁰ ^/ Or, be of good comfort.

²¹ ^/ Ebr, men of Belial: that is giuen to all wickednes.

²² ^g To the intent they might breake it.

²⁴ ^h That is, abuse them.

²⁵ ^! At Gibeah she was moste vilenously abused to the death.

²⁶ ⁱ She fell downe dead, as {vers. 27}.

²⁷ ^/ Or, housband.

²⁷ ^/ Or, fallen.

²⁸ ^k Meaning, home vnto mount Ephraim.

²⁹ ^! The Leuite cutteth her in pieces and sendeth her to the twelue tribes.

³⁰ ^l For this was like the sin of Sodom, for the which God rained down sire & brimstone from heauen.

Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Judges 19

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