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}{(H8802)} on the side{H3411} of mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669}, who took{H3947}{(H8799)} to him a concubine{H802}{H6370} out of Bethlehemjudah{H1035}{H3063}.

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}{(H8764)} them an inheritance{H5159} to dwell in{H3427}{(H8800)}; for unto that day{H3117} all their inheritance{H5159} had not fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} unto them among{H8432} the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Judg 17:8 : 8 And the man{H376} departed{H3212}{(H8799)} out of the city{H5892} from Bethlehemjudah{H1035}{H3063} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} where he could find{H4672}{(H8799)} a place: and he came{H935}{(H8799)} to mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669} to the house{H1004} of Micah{H4318}, as he journeyed{H6213}{(H8800)}{H1870}.
  • Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days{H3117} there was no king{H4428} in Israel{H3478}, but every man{H376} did{H6213}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8804)}; and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in a hill{H1389} that pertained to Phinehas{H6372} his son{H1121}, which was given{H5414}{(H8738)} him in mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669}.
  • Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days{H3117} there was no king{H4428} in Israel{H3478}: every man{H376} did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was right{H3477} in his own eyes{H5869}.
  • 2 Sam 3:7 : 7 And Saul{H7586} had a concubine{H6370}, whose name{H8034} was Rizpah{H7532}, the daughter{H1323} of Aiah{H345}: and Ishbosheth said{H559}{(H8799)} to Abner{H74}, Wherefore hast thou gone in{H935}{(H8804)} unto my father's{H1} concubine{H6370}?
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And David{H1732} took{H3947}{(H8799)} him more concubines{H6370} and wives{H802} out of Jerusalem{H3389}, after{H310} he was come{H935}{(H8800)} from Hebron{H2275}: and there were yet sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323} born{H3205}{(H8735)} to David{H1732}.
  • 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they spread{H5186}{(H8686)} Absalom{H53} a tent{H168} upon the top of the house{H1406}; and Absalom{H53} went in{H935}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} to the king{H4428}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thou hast shamed{H3001}{(H8689)} this day{H3117} the faces{H6440} of all thy servants{H5650}, which this day{H3117} have saved{H4422}{(H8764)} 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}{(H8799)} to his house{H1004} at Jerusalem{H3389}; and the king{H4428} took{H3947}{(H8799)} the ten{H6235} women{H802} his concubines{H6370}, whom he had left{H3240}{(H8689)} to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} the house{H1004}, and put{H5414}{(H8799)} them in ward{H4931}, and fed{H3557}{(H8770)} them, but went not in{H935}{(H8804)} unto them. So they were shut up{H6887}{(H8803)} unto the day{H3117} of their death{H4191}{(H8800)}, 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}{(H8686)} his heart{H3820}.
  • 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam{H7346} loved{H157}{(H8799)} Maachah{H4601} the daughter{H1323} of Absalom{H53} above all his wives{H802} and his concubines{H6370}:(for he took{H5375}{(H8804)} eighteen{H8083}{H6240} wives{H802}, and threescore{H8346} concubines{H6370}; and begat{H3205}{(H8686)} twenty{H6242} and eight{H8083} sons{H1121}, and threescore{H8346} daughters{H1323}.)
  • Esth 2:14 : 14 In the evening{H6153} she went{H935}{(H8802)}, and on the morrow{H1242} she returned{H7725}{(H8802)} into the second{H8145} house{H1004} of the women{H802}, to the custody{H3027} of Shaashgaz{H8190}, the king's{H4428} chamberlain{H5631}, which kept{H8104}{(H8802)} the concubines{H6370}: she came in{H935}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428} no more, except the king{H4428} delighted{H2654}{(H8804)} in her, and that she were called{H7121}{(H8738)} 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}{(H8802)} her. The daughters{H1323} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} her, and blessed{H833}{(H8762)} her; yea, the queens{H4436} and the concubines{H6370}, and they praised{H1984}{(H8762)} her.
  • Dan 5:3 : 3 Then{H116} they brought{H858}{(H8684)} the golden{H1722} vessels{H3984} that were taken{H5312}{(H8684)} out of{H4481} the temple{H1965} of the house{H1005} of God{H426} which was at Jerusalem{H3390}; and the king{H4430}, and his princes{H7261}, his wives{H7695}, and his concubines{H3904}, drank{H8355}{(H8754)} in them.
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did not he make{H6213}{(H8804)} one{H259}? Yet had he the residue{H7605} of the spirit{H7307}. And wherefore one{H259}? That he might seek{H1245}{(H8764)} a godly{H430} seed{H2233}. Therefore take heed{H8104}{(H8738)} to your spirit{H7307}, and let none deal treacherously{H898}{(H8799)} against the wife{H802} of his youth{H5271}.
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 And{G2532} thou{G4771} Bethlehem{G965}, in the land{G1093} of Juda{G2448}, art{G1488}{(G5748)} not{G3760} the least{G1646} among{G1722} the princes{G2232} of Juda{G2448}: for{G1063} out of{G1537} thee{G4675} shall come{G1831}{(G5695)} a Governor{G2233}{(G5740)}, that{G3748} shall rule{G4165}{(G5692)} my{G3450} people{G2992} Israel{G2474}.
  • Judg 17:1 : 1 And there was a man{H376} of mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669}, whose name{H8034} was Micah{H4321}.
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine{H6370}, whose name{H8034} was Reumah{H7208}, she bare{H3205}{(H8799)} also Tebah{H2875}, and Gaham{H1514}, and Thahash{H8477}, and Maachah{H4601}.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But unto the sons{H1121} of the concubines{H6370}, which Abraham{H85} had, Abraham{H85} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} gifts{H4979}, and sent them away{H7971}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8799)}, and was buried{H6912}{(H8735)} in the way{H1870} to Ephrath{H672}, which is Bethlehem{H1035}.
  • Josh 24:30 : 30 And they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the border{H1366} of his inheritance{H5159} in Timnathserah{H8556}, which is in mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669}, on the north side{H6828} of the hill{H2022} of Gaash{H1608}.