Judges 19:13

Judges 19:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Judges 19:13

11By the time they were near Jebus, it was very late in the day. The Levite’s servant said to him, “Let’s go spend the night in Jebus.” 12The Levite told him, “We’ll never go into a city of foreigners. They’re not Israelites. We’ll go on to Gibeah.” He told his servant, “Let’s go someplace else. We’ll spend the night either at Gibeah or Ramah.” 14So they went on. It was sunset by the time they arrived at Gibeah. (Gibeah belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.) 15They went to spend the night there. The Levite entered Gibeah and sat down in the city square, because no one offered to take them home for the night.

Judges 19:13 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ לְכָ֥ה וְנִקְרְבָ֖ה בְּאַחַ֣ד הַמְּקֹמ֑וֹת וְלַ֥נּוּ בַגִּבְעָ֖ה א֥וֹ בָרָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto his servantנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• Comeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and let us draw nearקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• to oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of these placesמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• to lodge all nightלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• in Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• or in Ramahרָמָהrâmâh · RamahH7414

Cross-references for Judges 19:13

• Joshua 18:25There were 14 other cities with their villages: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
• 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went home to Gibeah. With him went some soldiers whose hearts God had touched.
• Isaiah 10:29They go through the mountain pass and lodge at Geba for the night. The people in Ramah tremble; the people in Saul’s Gibeah flee.
• Hosea 5:8“Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah. Blow the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth Aven, you descendants of Benjamin.

Commentaries on Judges 19:13

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The two Benjamite towns, Gibeah and Ramah, hold an important place in Israelite history. They are linked with judges like: Deborah (Judges 4:5) Priests like Eleazar (Joshua 24:33) Prophets like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:4) Kings like Saul (1 Samuel 10:26) Gibeah's noble history makes the tragic events that followed even more significant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. in Gibeah, or in Ramah--The first of these places was five miles northeast, the other from four to five north of Jerusalem.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Judges 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary