Judges 19:14
New International Version
So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

New Living Translation
So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,

English Standard Version
So they passed on and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin,

Berean Standard Bible
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

King James Bible
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

New King James Version
And they passed by and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

New American Standard Bible
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

NASB 1995
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

NASB 1977
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

Amplified Bible
So they passed by and went on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin,

Christian Standard Bible
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

American Standard Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they passed on and they went, and the sun set on them on the side of Gabah of Benyamin

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they passed by and went on, and the sun went down upon them near to Gabaa, which is in Benjamin.

Contemporary English Version
They walked on and reached Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin just after sunset.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So they passed by Jebus, and went on their journey, and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gabaa, which is in the tribe of Benjamin:

English Revised Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they went on. It was sunset by the time they arrived at Gibeah. (Gibeah belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.)

Good News Translation
So they passed by Jebus and continued on their way. It was sunset when they came to Gibeah in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

International Standard Version
So they continued on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which is part of Benjamin's territorial allotment.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

Literal Standard Version
And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goes in on them near Gibeah, which is of Benjamin;

Majority Standard Bible
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

New American Bible
So they continued on their way until the sun set on them when they were opposite Gibeah of Benjamin.

NET Bible
So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

New Revised Standard Version
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

New Heart English Bible
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

World English Bible
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

Young's Literal Translation
And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Levite and His Concubine
13He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.” 14So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin. 15They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.…

Cross References
Judges 19:13
He continued, "Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

Judges 19:15
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

Judges 19:16
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.


Treasury of Scripture

And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them when they were by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

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Judges 19
1. A Levite goes to Bethlehem to fetch home his concubine
16. An old man entertains him at Gibeah
22. The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death
29. He divides her into twelve pieces, and sends them to the twelve tribes














(14) The sun went down upon them.--They were evidently reluctant to stop at Gibeah; but it was dangerous to travel after dark, and the twilight in Palestine is very brief.

Which belongeth to Benjamin.--There were many other Gibeahs in Palestine, and for that reason Jibah and el-Jib are common names.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So they continued
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (way·yê·lê·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

on their journey,
וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ (way·ya·‘aḇ·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

and the sun
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ (haš·še·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

set
וַתָּבֹ֤א (wat·tā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

as they neared
אֵ֥צֶל (’ê·ṣel)
Preposition
Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity

Gibeah
הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (hag·giḇ·‘āh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1390: Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine

in Benjamin.
לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (lə·ḇin·yā·min)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites


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