Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 19:8

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8. tarried —with reluctance. until afternoon —literally, "the decline of the day." People in the East, who take little or nothing to eat in the morning, do not breakfast till from ten to twelve A.M., and this meal the hospitable relative had purposely protracted to so late a period as to afford an argument for urging a further stay. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"