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Judges 19:27 KJV
Judges · chapter 19 · verse 27
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.Judges 19:27 · King James Version
Judges 19:27 in context
25But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.
27And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- concubinepîylegesha concubineH6370 →
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- openedpâthachto open wideH6605 →
- doorsdelethsomething swingingH1817 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
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Here is, I. The great wickedness of the men of Gibeah. One could not imagine that ever it should enter into the heart of men that had the use of human reason, of Israelites that had the benefit of divine revelation, to be so very wicked.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-30