Judges 19:16

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even,.... Which is the time that men come from their labour, and take their rest; and this man, though a man in years, and of some…

Which was also of Mount Ephraim - i. e., of the country of the Levite. This single giver of hospitality was himself a stranger and sojourner at Gibeah.

Though there as not one of Gibeah, yet it proved there was one in Gibeah, that showed some civility to this distressed Levite, who was glad that any one took notice of him. It was strange that some of…

and he sojourned Cf. Jdg 17:7 n.The only person that paid any attention to the travellers was not a native of the place: it was the same at Sodom, Gen 19:1 f. The last words of the verse are a…