Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Judges 19
in those days. In the same days as Ch. Judges 18:1. Soon after the death of Joshua. Figure of speech Hysterologia. App-6.
no king. See note on Judges 18:1.
a certain Levite. The house of God neglected. Priests and Levites unemployed and wandering about. Compare Judges 17:7.
mount = the hill country of.
children = sons.
Gibeah. City of Benjamin; later, the residence of Saul (1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 11:4).
going. His direction was towards mount Ephraim, not to Shiloh!
the house of the LORD. So Micah's temple was already called. Compare Judges 18:31.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
servants. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "servant" (Singular).
sons of Belial = worthless scoundrels, sons of the devil.
door. Like Sodom (Genesis 19:4), a sign of the moral corruption which follows apostasy and accompanies idolatry.
an = the.
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