Judges 19:16

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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In The King James Version

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

In Context

15And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

17And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

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Cross References

Judges 19:1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

Psalms 104:23Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.

Proverbs 13:11Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

Proverbs 24:27Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

Ecclesiastes 5:12\5:13\There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

1 Thessalonians 4:11And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:2-16

Elopement of the Levite's Concubine; The Levite Reconciled to His Concubine; The Levite Benighted at Gibeah. ( b. c. 1410.) 1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to… Read the whole commentary →

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