9 When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant , his father-in-law , the girl's father , said to him, "Behold now , the day has drawn to a close ; please spend the night . Lo , the day is coming to an end ; spend the night here that your heart may be merry . Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go home ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 19:9
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The wickedness of the men of Gibeah.
The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permits sinners to execute just vengeance on one another, and if the scene here described is horrible, what will the discoveries of the day of judgment be! Let each of us consider how to escape from the wrath to come, how to mortify the sins of our own hearts, to resist Satan's temptations, and to avoid the pollutions there are in the world.