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 .
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Gill's Exposition
And his concubine played the whore against him,.... Was unfaithful to him and his bed, and broke the covenant and agreement between them; or "with him" (i), while she was with him in the house; or…
Barnes' Notes
Played the whore against him - Perhaps only meaning that she ran away from him, and left him, for she returned to her father’s house.
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…
Cambridge Bible
played the harlot against him The text is open to suspicion. LXX. cod. A reads was angry with him; this suits the context, which implies a quarrel, but not unfaithfulness, on the woman's part; she…