Judges 17:7

One young man, a Levite from the tribe of Judah had been living in Bethlehem in Judah,

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In The King James Version

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

In Context

6At that time Israel didn't have a king— everyone did what they themselves thought was the right thing to do.

8left Bethlehem to look for a different place to live. As he traveled through the hill country of Ephraim, he came to Micah's house.

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Cross References

Joshua 19:15The towns included: Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem —twelve towns with their associated villages.

Judges 12:8After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.

Ruth 1:1There was a famine during the time when the judges ruled Israel, so a man left Bethlehem in Judah and went to live in exile in the country of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

Micah 5:2But from you, Bethlehem Ephrathah (though you are only a small place in Judah), will come a ruler of Israel to do my will. His existence is from the ages of eternity past.

Matthew 2:5“Bethlehem in Judea,” they told him, “for that's what the prophet wrote:

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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