Judges 19:22

Verse 22

22. Making their hearts merry By eating, drinking, and conversation. This indicates the warmth and cheer of ancient friendship and hospitality.

Sons of Belial Low, lewd, worthless fellows, such as their conduct showed them to be. See note on 1 Samuel 1:16.

Bring forth the man Most shameful and impudent demand, the revived voice of wicked Sodom. Compare Genesis 19:1-11.

That we may know him “These,” says Clarke, “were genuine Sodomites as to their practice; rascals and miscreants of the deepest dye; worse than brutes, being a compound of beast and devil inseparably blended.”

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

Verse 22

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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