Judges 19:2

And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethlehem Judah, and she was there four months.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.

In Context

1And there was a Levite sojourning in the sides of Mount Ephraim, and he took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem Judah.

3And her husband rose up, and went after her to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:9And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a-whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burned with fire.

Ezekiel 16:28And thou didst go a-whoring to the daughters of Assyria, and not even thus wast thou satisfied; yea, thou didst go a-whoring, and wast not satisfied.

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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