Judges 19:1

The Concubine And The Levite

¹ In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite living in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine. ² But she was unfaithful to him and left him for her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for a period of four months.

In Those Days

No King in Israel

There Was No King in Israel

Hill Country Of Ephraim

Israel Had No King

Mount Ephraim

Beth-lehem

Bethlehem

Ephraim

Israel

Judah

Levi

No

Judges 18:1

In those days, there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for territory to occupy. Up to that time no territory had been captured by them among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 17:8

The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim.

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

Genesis 22:24

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 25:6

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Joshua 24:30

They buried him in his allotted territory at Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

Judges 17:1

There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

2 Samuel 3:7

Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

2 Samuel 5:13

After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

2 Samuel 16:22

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 19:5

Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have shamed all your soldiers—those who rescued your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, your wives, and your concubines.

2 Samuel 20:3

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the 10 concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

1 Kings 11:3

He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the Lord.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired 18 wives and 60 concubines and was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.

Esther 2:14

She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the supervision of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She never went to the king again, unless he desired her and summoned her by name.

Song of Songs 6:8-9

There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines
and young women without number.

Daniel 5:3

So they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines drank from them.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Matthew 2:6

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the leaders of Judah:
because out of you will come a leader
who will shepherd My people Israel.”