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As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.

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An Echo of Sodom

Commentators unanimously highlight the chilling parallel between this event in Gibeah and the story of Sodom in Genesis 19. The demand to 'know' the man was a euphemism for homosexual rape, the same sin attempted in Sodom. This shows that a part of Israel had sunk to the same level of depravity as the cities God had previously destroyed.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Judges 19:22

19th Century

Bishop

Sons of Belial. —It is only by a deeply-rooted misconception that Belial is written with a capital. The word is not the name (as i…

John Gill

John Gill

On Judges 19:22

17th Century

Pastor

Now as they were making their hearts merry
With a glass of wine after supper, and conversing together in a cheerful …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Judges 19:1–30

17th Century

Minister

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…

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