Judges 19:3
And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
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Gill's Exposition
And her husband arose,.... From the place where he lived:
and went after her; to Bethlehemjudah, where her father lived:
to speak comfortably to her "or to her heart" (l); having heard perhaps…
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
to speak kindly unto her See marg., and cf. Gen 34:3; Gen 50:21; Isa 40:2.
to bring her again More natural than the alternative reading given in the marg.
a couple of asses for the necessaries of the…
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