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His master said to him, We won`t turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
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An Unconquered City
Commentators explain that the Levite's refusal to stay in Jebus (Jerusalem) reveals a key historical fact: the city was still fully controlled by the Jebusites. This demonstrates Israel's failure, even generations after Joshua, to completely possess the land God had promised them. The Levite preferred to travel a few more miles to the Israelite city of Gibeah.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
City of a stranger - This shows how completely, even in these early days, the Jebusite population had excluded both the tribes of J…
19th Century
Anglican
To Gibeah. —This is the “Gibeah of Saul,” where the first king of Israel was born (1 Samuel 11:4). It was one of the f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And his master said to him, we will not turn aside hereinto the city of a strangerA c…
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The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permit…
