Judges 19:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Judges 19:12 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And his lord saith unto him, `Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 19:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 18:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
- Joshua 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- 1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- Isaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
- Hosea 5:8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
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