Judges 19:14

14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

Judges 19:14 in Other Translations

14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

14 So they passed on and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin,

14 So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,

14 So they kept going. As they pressed on, the sun finally left them in the vicinity of Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

14 So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared 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 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

13 He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places.”

14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

15 There they stopped to spend the night. They went and sat in the city square, but no one took them in for the night.

16 That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 15:57; 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 15:34; Isaiah 10:29