2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents' home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months,
2 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.
2 And his concubine was unfaithful to
2 But she quarreled with him and left, returning to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there four months.
2 But his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there four whole months.
2 But she became angry with him and returned to her father's home in Bethlehem. After about four months,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 19:2
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The wickedness of the men of Gibeah.
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 permits sinners to execute just vengeance on one another, and if the scene here described is horrible, what will the discoveries of the day of judgment be! Let each of us consider how to escape from the wrath to come, how to mortify the sins of our own hearts, to resist Satan's temptations, and to avoid the pollutions there are in the world.