Judges 17:7
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah,—he, being a Levite, and, he, being a sojourner there.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6In those days, there was no king in Israel,—every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.
Cross References
Joshua 19:15and Kattath and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah and Beth-lehem,—twelve cities, with their villages.
Judges 12:8And there judged Israel, after him, Ibzan of Bethlehem.
Ruth 1:1And it came to pass, in the days when the Judges administered justice, that there was a famine in the land,—and so a certain man went his way, out of Bethlehem-judah to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Micah 5:2Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,—whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age-past time.
Matthew 2:5And, they, said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea,—for, so, is it written through the prophet:
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 →