Judges 19:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:23
And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 Samuel 25:6
And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
Luke 10:5-6
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. …

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Gibeah

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-21)

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 those wicked people, who, when it was dark, designed so ill to him and his concubine, did not, under pretence of kindness, invite them in, that they might have a fairer opportunity of perpetrating th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

19-20. there is no want of any thing--In answering the kindly inquiries of the old man, the Levite deemed it right to state that he was under no necessity of being burdensome on anyone, for he possessed all that was required to relieve his wants. Oriental travellers always carry a stock of provisions with them; and knowing that even the khans or lodging-houses they may find on their way afford not…