Judges - 19:13



13 He said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah."

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 19:13.

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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.
And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama.
And he said to his servant, |Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night at Gib'e-ah or at Ramah.|
And he saith to his young man, 'Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.
He said to his servant, 'Come and let us try to reach one of those places and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.'
And when I will have arrived there, we will lodge in that place, or at least in the city of Ramah."

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Historical Commentaries

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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, Joshua 18:25, Hosea 5:8.
(s) De loc. Hebrews. fol. 94. B.

in Gibeah, or in Ramah--The first of these places was five miles northeast, the other from four to five north of Jerusalem.

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