Judges 19:12
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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And his master said unto him, we will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger,.... A city of the children of the Gentiles, as the Targum, as the Jebusites were, being one of the seven…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
City of a stranger - This shows how completely, even in these early days, the Jebusite population had excluded both the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
The domestic affairs of this Levite would not have been related thus largely but to make way for the following story of the injuries done him, in which the whole nation interested themselves. Bishop…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The text is to be preferred to the marg.; but that is notshould be construed with a strangerrather than with the city.