Judges 19:14

14 So they traveled on, and the sun set when they were near Gibeah in Benjamin.

Judges 19:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:14

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.

Judges 19:14 In-Context

12 But his master replied to him, “We won't turn into a city of foreigners who aren't Israelites. We'll travel on to Gibeah.

13 "Come on," he said to his servant, "let's reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places."

14 So they traveled on, and the sun set when they were near Gibeah in Benjamin.

15 They turned in to enter there, so they could spend the night in Gibeah, and he went and sat down in the city square. But no one offered to take them home to spend the night.

16 Then in the evening, an old man was coming home from his daily work in the fields. This man was from the Ephraim highlands and was an immigrant in Gibeah, the people of that place being Benjaminites.