Judges 19:3

Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.

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In The King James Version

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

In Context

2And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

4And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:21So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Leviticus 20:10And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

Judges 15:1Now a short time after, at the time of the grain-cutting, Samson, taking with him a young goat, went to see his wife; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the bride's room. But her father would not let him go in.

Jeremiah 3:1They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

Hosea 2:16And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;

John 8:4And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

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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