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Judges 19 — Sermon Preparation

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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preachers & commentators

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.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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