Judges 19:4

retained him or laid hold on himto prevent him from going away, cf. Judges 7:8. The pressing and rather boisterous hospitality of the girl's father has a tragic significance in view of what follows, hence it is emphasized from the beginning. There is no need to add and brought him inwith some mss. of LXX, for the Levite has already entered the house, Judges 19:3.