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English Revised Version

Judges 19:14

So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they went forward vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them neere to Gibeah, which is in Beniamin.
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.
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 And it came to pass in these days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way. 6 So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them together: and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And the man rose up to depart; but his father in law urged him, and he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth; and they did eat, both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was 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 lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
Genesis 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.
Genesis 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out of the place:
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons in law as one that mocked.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:30
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Exodus 9:21
and he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus 12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

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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