Jueces 19:15

15 y se detuvieron allí para pasar la noche. Descansaron en la plaza de la ciudad, pero nadie los invitó a su casa para pasar la noche.

Jueces 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:15

And they turned aside thither to go in and lodge in Gibeah,
&c.] Instead of going right forward, and passing by Gibeah, over against which they were, they turned out of their road, and went into the city to seek a lodging in it:

and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city;
to see whether any person would invite him into any of their houses, as was usual in those hospitable times and countries, and where there were few inns for the entertainment of travellers and strangers, or none at all, and especially in cities; if any where, they were upon the public road:

for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging;
the spirit of hospitality being greatly declined, and even gone from among them; or as some think, those that had such a spirit, and were willing to receive strangers, were afraid, because of their wicked neighbours, who would beset their houses to abuse strangers, as the sequel of this history shows.

Jueces 19:15 In-Context

13 Vamos, tratemos de llegar hasta Guibeá o Ramá, y pasaremos la noche en una de esas ciudades.

14 Así que siguieron adelante. El sol se ponía cuando llegaron a Guibeá, una ciudad situada en Benjamín,

15 y se detuvieron allí para pasar la noche. Descansaron en la plaza de la ciudad, pero nadie los invitó a su casa para pasar la noche.

16 Esa noche un anciano regresaba a su hogar después del trabajo en los campos. Era de la zona montañosa de Efraín, pero vivía en Guibeá, donde la gente era de la tribu de Benjamín.

17 Cuando vio a los viajeros sentados en la plaza de la ciudad, les preguntó de dónde venían y hacia dónde iban.