Judges 19:7
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the man rose up to depart,.... Rose up from table, having ate and drank sufficiently, in order to depart the house, and proceed on his journey:
his father in law urged him; with much…
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
urged him In spite of the entreaty (Jdg 19:19), the Levite determines to go; he only yields to strong pressure; cf. Gen 19:3.