John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart , etc.] With a full intention to take his leave of his father, and be gone: and the damsel’s father said, comfort thine heart, I pray thee ; with a meal’s meat, with a breakfast, before he set out on his journey, that he might be heartier and stronger for it: and they tarried until afternoon ; or “until the decline of the day” f394 , when the sun had passed the meridian, and was declining, as it immediately does when noon is past: and they did eat both of them ; the man stayed and took a dinner with his father-in-law; and though no mention is made of the concubine, neither in this, nor in the other instances, no doubt she ate with them.
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 וישׁכם7925 בבקר1242 ביום3117 החמישׁי2549 ללכת1980 ויאמר559 אבי1 הנערה5291 סעד5582 נא4994 לבבך3824 והתמהמהו4102 עד5704 נטות5186 היום3117 ויאכלו398 שׁניהם׃8147
