John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. And they sat down , etc.] Not only sat down upon their seats again, the Levite having rose up in order to go away, but sat down at table: and did eat and drink both of them together ; both the Levite and his father-in-law; and it appears by this, and what follows, that the Levite did not take only a short repast, or breakfast with him, but stayed and dined with him, when they ate a plentiful meal, and drank freely after dinner: for the damsel’s father had said to the man, be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry ; let us spend a pleasant evening together, in drinking freely, though not to excess, in cheerful conversation, and innocent mirth. This he proposed to him, and hoped he would agree to it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The wickedness of the men of Gibeah.
--The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad histor of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lor permits sinners to execute just vengeance on one another, and if the scene here described is horrible, what will the discoveries of the da of judgment be! Let each of us consider how to escape from the wrath to come, how to mortify the sins of our own hearts, to resist Satan' temptations, and to avoid the pollutions there are in the world _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew וישׁבו3427 ויאכלו398 שׁניהם8147 יחדו3162 וישׁתו8354 ויאמר559 אבי1 הנערה5291 אל413 האישׁ376 הואל2974 נא4994 ולין3885 ויטב3190 לבך׃3820
