Hakim-hakim 12:8

Order Restored

12:8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem ¹  led ²  Israel.

Hakim-hakim 17:7

Micah Hires a Professional

17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ³  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁵  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁶  from Bethlehem ⁷  in Judah.

Hakim-hakim 19:18

19:18 The Levite ⁸  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ⁹  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ¹⁰  But no one has invited me into their home.

[12:8]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[12:8]  ² tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[17:7]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

[19:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁶ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”