Judges 19:14
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New International Version (©2011)
So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,

English Standard Version (©2001)
So they passed on and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So they continued on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which is part of Benjamin's territorial allotment.

NET Bible (©2006)
So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So they went on. It was sunset by the time they arrived at Gibeah. (Gibeah belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.)

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

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

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:

Darby Bible Translation
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gib'e-ah, which belongs to 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.

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 to 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;

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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they passed on, and went their way,.... Proceeded on in their journey from Jebus or Jerusalem, near to which they were:

and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin; which is added, to distinguish it from another Gibeah in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57 when they were come pretty near to this place, on the side of it, as it seems, the sun was just setting, which determined them to take up their lodging here, as follows.

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The Levite and his Concubine
…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. 15And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. …

Judges 19:13 He added, "Come, let's try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places."
Judges 19:15 There they stopped to spend the night. They went and sat in the city square, but no one took them in for the night.
Judges 19:16 That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.