Verse 1

And it came to pass in those days,{H3117} when there was no king{H4428} in Israel,{H3478} that there was a certain{H376} Levite{H3881} sojourning{H1481} on the farther side{H3411} of the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} who took{H3947} to him a concubine{H802} out of Beth-lehem-judah.{H1035}

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 18:1 : 1 In those days{H3117} there was no king{H4428} in Israel:{H3478} and in those days{H3117} the tribe{H7626} of the Danites{H1839} sought{H1245} them an inheritance{H5159} to dwell in;{H3427} for unto that day{H3117} [their] inheritance{H5159} had not fallen{H5307} unto them among{H8432} the tribes{H7626} of Israel.{H3478}
  • Judg 17:8 : 8 And the man{H376} departed{H3212} out of the city,{H5892} out of Beth-lehem-judah,{H1035} to sojourn{H1481} where he could find{H4672} [a place], and he came{H935} to the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim{H669} to the house{H1004} of Micah,{H4318} as he journeyed.{H6213}
  • Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days{H3117} there was no king{H4428} in Israel:{H3478} every man{H376} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in his own eyes.{H5869}
  • Josh 24:33 : 33 And Eleazar{H499} the son{H1121} of Aaron{H175} died;{H4191} and they buried{H6912} him in the hill{H1389} of Phinehas{H6372} his son,{H1121} which was given{H5414} him in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim.{H669}
  • Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days{H3117} there was no king{H4428} in Israel:{H3478} every man{H376} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in his own eyes.{H5869}
  • 2 Sam 3:7 : 7 Now Saul{H7586} had a concubine,{H6370} whose name{H8034} was Rizpah,{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah:{H345} and [Ish-bosheth] said{H559} to Abner,{H74} Wherefore hast thou gone in{H935} unto my father's{H1} concubine?{H6370}
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And David{H1732} took{H3947} him more concubines{H6370} and wives{H802} out of Jerusalem,{H3389} after{H310} he was come{H935} from Hebron;{H2275} and there were yet sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323} born{H3205} to David.{H1732}
  • 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they spread{H5186} Absalom{H53} a tent{H168} upon the top of the house;{H1406} and Absalom{H53} went in{H935} unto his father's{H1} concubines{H6370} in the sight{H5869} of all Israel.{H3478}
  • 2 Sam 19:5 : 5 And Joab{H3097} came{H935} into the house{H1004} to the king,{H4428} and said,{H559} Thou hast shamed{H3001} this day{H3117} the faces{H6440} of all thy servants,{H5650} who this day{H3117} have saved{H4422} thy life,{H5315} and the lives{H5315} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters,{H1323} and the lives{H5315} of thy wives,{H802} and the lives{H5315} of thy concubines;{H6370}
  • 2 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David{H1732} came{H935} to his house{H1004} at Jerusalem;{H3389} and the king{H4428} took{H3947} the ten{H6235} women{H802} his concubines,{H6370} whom he had left{H3240} to keep{H8104} the house,{H1004} and put{H5414} them in ward,{H4931} and provided them with sustenance,{H3557} but went not in{H935} unto them. So they were shut up{H6887} unto the day{H3117} of their death,{H4191} living{H2424} in widowhood.{H491}
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} wives,{H802} princesses,{H8282} and three{H7969} hundred{H3967} concubines;{H6370} and his wives{H802} turned away{H5186} his heart.{H3820}
  • 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam{H7346} loved{H157} Maacah{H4601} the daughter{H1323} of Absalom{H53} above all his wives{H802} and his concubines:{H6370} (for he took{H5375} eighteen{H8083} wives,{H802} and threescore{H8346} concubines,{H6370} and begat{H3205} twenty{H6242} and eight{H8083} sons{H1121} and threescore{H8346} daughters.){H1323}
  • Esth 2:14 : 14 In the evening{H6153} she went,{H935} and on the morrow{H1242} she returned{H7725} into the second{H8145} house{H1004} of the women,{H802} to the custody{H3027} of Shaashgaz,{H8190} the king's{H4428} chamberlain,{H5631} who kept{H8104} the concubines:{H6370} she came in{H935} unto the king{H4428} no more, except the king{H4428} delighted{H2654} in her, and she were called{H7121} by name.{H8034}
  • Song 6:8-9 : 8 There are threescore{H8346} queens,{H4436} and fourscore{H8084} concubines,{H6370} And virgins{H5959} without number.{H4557} 9 My dove,{H3123} my undefiled,{H8535} is [but] one;{H259} She is the only one{H259} of her mother;{H517} She is the choice{H1249} one of her that bare{H3205} her. The daughters{H1323} saw{H7200} her, and called her blessed;{H833} [Yea], the queens{H4436} and the concubines,{H6370} and they praised{H1984} her.
  • Dan 5:3 : 3 Then{H116} they brought{H858} the golden{H1722} vessels{H3984} that were taken{H5312} out of{H4481} the temple{H1965} of the house{H1005} of God{H426} which was at Jerusalem;{H3390} and the king{H4430} and his lords,{H7261} his wives{H7695} and his concubines,{H3904} drank{H8355} from them.
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make{H6213} one,{H259} although he had the residue{H7605} of the Spirit?{H7307} And wherefore one?{H259} He sought{H1245} a godly{H430} seed.{H2233} Therefore take heed{H8104} to your spirit,{H7307} and let none deal treacherously{H898} against the wife{H802} of his youth.{H5271}
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 And{G2532} thou{G4771} Bethlehem,{G965} land{G1093} of Judah,{G2448} art{G1488} in no{G3760} wise least{G1646} among{G1722} the princes{G2232} of{G1537} Judah:{G2448} for{G1063} out of{G1537} thee{G4675} shall come{G1831} forth a governor,{G2233} who shall be shepherd{G4165} of my{G3450} people{G2992} Israel.{G2474}
  • Judg 17:1 : 1 And there was a man{H376} of the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} whose name{H8034} was Micah.{H4321}
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine,{H6370} whose name{H8034} was Reumah,{H7208} she also bare{H3205} Tebah,{H2875} and Gaham,{H1514} and Tahash,{H8477} and Maacah.{H4601}
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But unto the sons{H1121} of the concubines,{H6370} that Abraham{H85} had, Abraham{H85} gave{H5414} gifts;{H4979} and he sent them away{H7971} from Isaac{H3327} his son,{H1121} while he yet lived,{H2416} eastward,{H6924} unto the east{H6924} country.{H776}
  • Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel{H7354} died,{H4191} and was buried{H6912} in the way{H1870} to Ephrath{H672} (the same is Beth-lehem).{H1035}
  • Josh 24:30 : 30 And they buried{H6912} him in the border{H1366} of his inheritance{H5159} in Timnathserah,{H8556} which is in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} on the north{H6828} of the mountain{H2022} of Gaash.{H1608}