Judges 17:6

In those dayes there was no kyng in Israel, but euery man dyd that which was good in his owne eyes.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

In Context

5And the man Micah had an house of goddes, and made an Ephod and Theraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, which became his prieste.

7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iuda, of the kynred of Iuda, which young man was a Leuite, & soiourned there.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:31These are the kinges that raigned in the lande of Edom, before there raigned any king vpon the chyldren of Israel.

Judges 19:1Also in those dayes, when there was no kyng in Israel, a certayne Leuite soiournyng on the syde of mount Ephraim, toke to wyfe a concubine out of Bethlehem Iuda.

Judges 21:25In those dayes there was no king in Israel: but euery man dyd that whiche seemed right in his owne eyes.

Proverbs 12:15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

Proverbs 16:2A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:2-7

Micah and His Gods. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord , my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my… Read the whole commentary →

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