Judges 19:13

13 He said, "Come on. Let's try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah so we can spend the night in one of those cities."

Judges 19:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:13

And he said to his servant, come, and let us draw near
And get on as fast as we can:

to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah;
which were both in the tribe of Benjamin, and he left it to his servant to go to either, to that which was most convenient, because of the time of the day, it being near sun setting; now, as before observed, Gibeah was not quite four miles from Jerusalem; whereas, according to Jerom {s}, Ramah was six miles, and therefore we find they took up at Gibeah, as being nearest of these two places; (See Gill on Joshua 18:24) (See Gill on Joshua 18:25) (See Gill on Hosea 5:8)

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.

Judges 19:13 In-Context

11 As the day was almost over, they came near Jebus. So the servant said to his master, "Let's stop at this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night here."

12 But his master said, "No. We won't go inside a foreign city. Those people are not Israelites. We will go on to the city of Gibeah."

13 He said, "Come on. Let's try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah so we can spend the night in one of those cities."

14 So they went on. The sun went down as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

15 They stopped there to spend the night. They came to the public square of the city and sat down, but no one invited them home to spend the night.