19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 2 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 3 from Bethlehem 4 in Judah.
1 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
2 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
3 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
5 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”