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Judges 19:1

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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ASV

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

KJV

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
בַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.Mimin the daysH3117 →
הָהֵ֔םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992 →
וּמֶ֖לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [was] a kingH4428 →
אֵ֣ין'einthere notH369 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478 →
וַיְהִ֣י׀vay.Hiand he wasH1961 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376 →
לֵוִ֗יle.Via LeviteH3881 →
גָּ֚רgarsojourningH1481 →
בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣יbe.yar.ke.Teiin [the] remotest parts ofH3411 →
הַר־har-[the] hill country ofH2022 →
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־vai.yi.kach-and he tookH3947 →
לוֹ֙lofor <the> himself
אִשָּׁ֣ה'i.Shaha womanH802 →
פִילֶ֔גֶשׁfi.Le.gesha concubineH6370 →
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom Beth-H1035 →
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chem-lehemH1035 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →

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Judges 18:1In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.Judges 21:25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Judges 17:8This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”Joshua 24:30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Joshua 24:33Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.Judges 19:16That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.2 Samuel 19:5Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.Daniel 5:3Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.1 Kings 11:3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.Judges 17:1Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim2 Samuel 5:13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.Genesis 25:6But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.Genesis 22:24Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.2 Samuel 16:22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

About Judges

A Levite Finds a Woman's Corpse — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
A Levite Finds a Woman's Corpse — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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