Can anyone tell me who the "old man of Gibea" is, and what his significance is? I believe he's somewhere in Genesis and has something to do with Abraham and Lott...any pointers would be helpful.
2006-08-28 15:53:36 · 11 answers · asked by phattissimo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I won't pretend to have known this without having to research it:
The old man of Gibeah was a Person of Peace. In Judges 19, it talks about where a Levite and his concubine were passing through the district of Benjamin. At evening they neared Gibeah where they stopped to spend the night. The two went and sat in the city square but no one offered to take them into their home for the night. Finally an old man from the hill country of Ephraim (not a Benjamite) came in from his work in the fields. When he looked and saw the travelers in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?” The Levite explained his journey and that he was going to the house of the Lord, but that no one had offered to take him into their home for the night, although he had his own provisions for supper and food for the animals. The old man said, “You are welcome at my house. Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.” So he took the Levite into his house and fed his donkeys. After the Levite and his concubine had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink. While they were enjoying themselves, wicked men of the city surrounded the house and demanded the guest be brought out for sex with them. The old man protected the Levite saying, “This man is my guest, don’t so such a disgraceful thing.”
2006-08-28 15:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check 1st Chronicles 2:49
2006-08-28 23:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judges 19 and it is spelled Gilbeah. It is a place. The old man is the old prophet who took the travelers in. Same scenario as with Lot and his daugthers when they were in Sodom, the men came and wanted to "know" these other men. They offer the daugther and a concubine. This concubine was so serverly abused she died. The following morning they took her and cut her body into 12 pieces and sent them to all of the Tribes of Israel as a message to rise up and fight. The whole story is in Judges...just prior to the days of King Saul, the first King of Israel. This was during a time of constant oppression of the Children of Israel. God would place a Judge over them when they were oppressed and they would rise up and fight, remain obedient while the judge lived, but as soon as the judge died, they would fall back into sin. This was a story about how they rose up to fight and come back out from under oppression.
2006-08-28 23:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by DA R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name Gibea means "hill". He was the Son of Caleb by his concubine Maacah. 1Chron.2:49. I believe you can trace his family record all the way back to Adam in Chap.1. I hope this is of help to you.
2006-08-28 23:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by panza1_99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A grandson of Caleb.........(1Chron..2:49)
2006-08-28 22:59:53 · answer #5 · answered by snuggels102 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=7&chapter=19&version=31&context=chapter
Go to chapter 16.
2006-08-28 23:00:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what a bible dictionary is? its usually in the back some time with a topical guide.
2006-08-28 22:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by corvuequis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My "word search" turns up nothing of the kind -- you better rethink what you remember!
2006-08-28 22:58:51 · answer #8 · answered by pilgrimchd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read Genesis and you will see what it says. the book is not all that long, you know.
2006-08-28 23:02:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
download swordmaster (its free) and look it up
2006-08-28 23:00:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋