Judges 19:13
 Judges 19:13 
New International Version (©2011)
He added, "Come, let's try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Come on, let's try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we'll spend the night in one of those towns."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he said to his young man, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places and spend the night at Gibeah or at Ramah.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Come on," he said, "let's try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

International Standard Version (©2012)
He also told his servant, "Come on, let's go to one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

NET Bible (©2006)
He said to his servant, "Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He told his servant, "Let's go someplace else. We'll spend the night either at Gibeah or Ramah."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

American King James Version
And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

American Standard Version
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night at Gib'e-ah or at Ramah."

English Revised Version
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

World English Bible
He said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah."

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to his young man, 'Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - Ramah (ha-Ramah, the height). Now er-Ram, less than an hour's journey from Gibeah, both being about equi-distant from Jerusalem.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said to his servant, come, and let us draw near,.... And get on as fast as we can:

to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah; which were both in the tribe of Benjamin, and he left it to his servant to go to either, to that which was most convenient, because of the time of the day, it being near sun setting; now, as before observed, Gibeah was not quite four miles from Jerusalem; whereas, according to Jerom (s), Ramah was six miles, and therefore we find they took up at Gibeah, as being nearest of these two places; See Gill on Joshua 18:24, Joshua 18:25, Hosea 5:8.

(s) De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. in Gibeah, or in Ramah—The first of these places was five miles northeast, the other from four to five north of Jerusalem.


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The Levite and his Concubine
12And his master said to him, We will not turn aside here into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. 13And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them when they were by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin. …

Judges 19:12 His master replied, "No. We won't go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah."
Judges 19:14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.