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Judges 19 — Sermon Preparation
A Levite's concubine is gang-raped and killed by men of Gibeah; the Levite cuts her body into twelve pieces and sends them throughout Israel to demand justice. Below is a research summary for Judges 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Judges 19 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לוּן | lûwn | H3885 | 11 | stop, stay permanently |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 16 | walk, carry |
| פִּילֶגֶשׁ | pîylegesh | H6370 | 8 | concubine, paramour |
| בֵּית לֶחֶם | Bêyth Lechem | H1035 | 6 | Beth-Lechem |
| נַעֲרָה | naʻărâh | H5291 | 6 | girl |
| קוּם | qûwm | H6965 | 8 | rise |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 8 | father |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Judges 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XIX The adultery of the Levite's concubine, ver. 1, 2. The reconciliation to her, and entertainment at her father's, ver. 3-9. His journey homeward as far as Gibeah, ver. 10-15. An Ephraimite takes him in, ver. 16-21. The men of Gibeah assault the house, ver. 22-24. They force his concubine to death, ver. 25- 28. He sends notice of it to all the tribes of Israel, ver. 29, 30 1. A. concubine - Hebrew. a wife, a concubine, that is, such a concubine as was also his wife: called a concubine, only because she was not endowed. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Judges 19:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Bethlehem 1— Judg 19:1
- Jebus— Judg 19:10
- Jerusalem— Judg 19:10
- Gibeah 1— Judg 19:12
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