The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They intended to kill me and they raped my concubine, and she is dead.
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The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They intended to kill me and they raped my concubine, and she is dead.
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And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
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And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
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Passages linked to Judges 20:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 19:22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain wicked fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we can have sex with him!”
- Judges 19:25-26 But the men wouldn’t listen to him; so the man grabbed his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning. When the day began to dawn, they let her go. Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, until it was light.
- Genesis 19:4-8 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.” Lot went out to them through the door, and shut the door after himself. He said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly. See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
- Deuteronomy 22:24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
- Ezekiel 22:10-11 In you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness. In you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity. One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. Another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, chief, or lord.
Or, chief, or lord.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against…
Jdg 20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
Ver. 5. And the men of Gibeah.] Some certain varlets there; not all the city, as once at Sodom. {Gen 19:4-5} But because these were not punished, but countenanced, all became guilty.
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And thought to have slain me.] As they have done my concubine: {a} and perhaps they threatened to kill him, if he would not come forth, and be abused by them.
And my concubine have they forced.] The monks in Bohemia ravished a sister of that noble warrior, Zisca; in revenge whereof he took arms, overthrew three hundred monasteries, and did many more great exploits against the Papists there, and in other parts of Germany.
{a} i.e., Abuti me praepostera libidine usque ad mortem. - Val.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thought to have slain me; except I would either…
Thought to have slain me; except I would either submit to their unnatural lust, which I was resolved to withstand even unto death; or deliver up my concubine to them, which I was forced to do.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the men of Gibeah rose against me,.... Not…
And the men of Gibeah rose against me,.... Not all of them, but some that dwelt in that city; he forbears giving them the character they justly deserved, sons of Belial. These came in a tumultuous and violent manner:
and beset the house round about upon me by night; that he might not make his escape, resolving if possible to get him into their hands, and do with him according to their will:
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and thought to have slain me; their first intention was to commit the unnatural sin on him, and, if he resisted, to slay him; but this he modestly conceals, as being a sin not to be named in an assembly of saints; and besides he might say this, because he himself chose rather to be slain than to submit to their lust, which he knew must be the case upon his refusal and resistance; and even if he had yielded, being overpowered, this would have been the consequence, that he should have been abused even unto death, as his wife was:
and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead; or "afflicted", or "humbled" (d) her; which is a modest expression for carnal knowledge of her, and which they had to such excess that she died through it.
(d) "afflixerunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Slain me - Except I would either submit to…
Slain me - Except I would either submit to their unnatural lust, which I was resolved to withstand even unto death: or deliver up my concubine to them, which I was forced to do.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 20:5-6. Slain me — Except I would either…
Jdg 20:5-6. Slain me — Except I would either submit to their unnatural lust, which I was resolved to withstand even unto death, or deliver up my concubine to them, which I was forced to do. Lewdness and folly — That is, a lewd folly; most ignominious and impudent wickedness.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Kill me. He expressed an abominable crime by another…
Kill me. He expressed an abominable crime by another less horrible. (Salien) --- But he does not say that he brought out his wife. He might conclude, that if he had been exposed to their fury, he would have experienced a similar fate. (Haydock) --- So determined was he to resist to the last extremity. The outrage would have been more hateful to him than death. (Calmet) --- We may reasonably conclude that his wife had the same sentiments, and that she died a martyr to her conjugal fidelity, resisting even unto death, and thus making some atonement for her past misconduct.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. men of Gibeah] citizens of G.; cf. Jdg_9:2…
5. men of Gibeah] citizens of G.; cf. Jdg_9:2 n.
me they thought to have slain] See on Jdg_19:22. Their design on the young woman would naturally involve getting rid of her husband (cf. Gen_12:12).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) The men of Gibeah.—Literally, the lords of Gibeah,…
(5) The men of Gibeah.—Literally, the lords of Gibeah, as in Jdg_9:2. We cannot infer that they were heathen inhabitants of the town, though they behaved as if they were. If the phrase implies that they were men in positions of authority, it perhaps shows why there was no rescue and little resistance. This is also probable, because there could not have been the same unwillingness to give up to justice a few lawless and insignificant offenders.
Thought to have slain me.—Obviously some circumstances of the assault have been omitted in Jdg_19:22-25. The Levite colours the whole story in the way most favourable to himself.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And thought to have slain me. This was so…
And thought to have slain me. This was so far true that it is likely he was in fear of his life; but he doubtless shaped his narrative so as to conceal his own cowardice in the transaction. We have a similar example of an unfaithful narration of facts in the letter of Claudius Lysias to Felix. (Act_23:27) The men of Gibeah. The masters, as in Jud_1:9:2, meaning the citizens.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 wickedness and outrage
wickedness and outrage
The word "outrage" describes the "wickedness." AT: "outrageous wickedness" (See: Hendiadys)
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Now
This word is used to introduce the conclusion of the speech of the Levite.
give your advice and counsel here
The words "advice" and "counsel" refer to the same thing and are repeated for emphasis. They can be combined. AT: "decide what we need to do about this" (See: Doublet)
translationWords
seize
concubine
Israel
inherit
evil
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