Judges 19:1 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

A concubine - See the margin. The name does not imply any moral reproach. A concubine was as much the man’s wife as the woman formally calle…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

On the side of Mount Ephraim. —Literally, on the two thighs (yarcethaim) . (Isaiah 37:24.) …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no
king in Israel
The same is obser…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permit…