the house of God. Probably Shiloh, Compare Jdg_21:12 with Jdg_18:31.
God. Hebrew. ha-'Elohim, "the [true] God". App-4.
wept sore. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), "wept a great weeping". See note on Gen_26:28. Benjamin is indeed, now, "a son of sorrow" (Ben-oni, a son of sorrow. Gen_35:18).