Judges 19:1

KJV

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.

— Judges 19:1, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Judges Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. A Levite from Ephraim travels to retrieve his concubine from her father in Bethlehem; on the return journey they spend the night in Gibeah of Benjamin. The men of Gibeah surround the house demanding the Levite for sexual violation; the …

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Other Translations

ASV

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

YLT

And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

BBE

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

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