Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ²  from Bethlehem ³  in Judah.

Judges 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ⁴  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ⁵ 

[19:1]  ¹ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ² sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”