Judges 17:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. ”

Judges 17:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew words for “he sojourned there” are, שׁם גר gêr shām , which words are used Judges 18:30 in the genealogy of this young Levite, whose name was “Jonathan, the son of Gershom” (...
Judges 17:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah (f) of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there. (f) Which Bethlehem was in the tribe of Judah.
Judges 17:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17-18 . This section is the first of two supplements. It explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the naî veté of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not...
Judges 17:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a young man. See note on Judges 18:30 . Beth-lehem-Judah. To distinguish it from Beth-le-hem in Zebulun ( Joshua 19:15 ).
Judges 17:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. Of the family of Judah - The word family may be taken here for tribe; or the young...
Judges 17:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. Beth-lehem-judah - so called in contradistinction to a town of the same name...
Judges 17:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Micah This story, which is continued in the following c, is undoubtedly a very old one. In striking contrast to many other narrative portions of the Old Testament, there is in the bod...
Judges 17:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A young man. — Later on in the story we, as it were incidentally, make the astonishing discovery that this young man was no other than a grandson of Moses. Out of Beth-lehem-judah. — So called t...
Judges 17:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE STOLEN GODS Judges 17:1-13 , Judges 18:1-31 THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with that wh...
Judges 17:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the final section of the Book of Judges which is of the nature of an appendix. The events here recorded must have taken place closely following the death of Joshua. They give us a picture...
Judges 17:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The rambling conduct of this young man, manifests his real principles. The Lord had made all suitable provision for his Levites, while they remained in his service. But when idolatry is set up in Isr...
Judges 17:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah ,.... As there were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:15 and another in the tribe of Judah, the place here designed, Judah is a...
Judges 17:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there. Ver. 7. And there was a young man. ] Puer: so he is called ratione ministerii...
Judges 17:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Beth-lehem-judah So called here, as Matthew 2:1 ; Matthew 2:5 , to distinguish it from Bethlehem in Zebulun. There he was born and bred. Of Judah That is, of or belonging to the tribe of Judah;...
Judges 17:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BOLD IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL (vv. 1-13) Samson was the last judge in Israel. The last five Chapter s of Judges -- 17 to 21 -- deal with conditions during the time of the Judges, so do not necessarily...
Judges 17:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojou...
Judges 17:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Out of Beth-lehem-judah, or, of Beth-lehem-judah ; so called here, as Matthew 2:1,5 , to difference it from Bethlehem in Zebulun, Joshua 19:15 . There he was born and bred. Of the family of...
Judges 17:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.' There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, ( Joshua 19:15 ), an...
Judges 17:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP ( Judges 17:1-13 .) HOMILETICS I. Idolatry begins with those who are not upright in moral conduct. Judges 17:1-4 . Micah himself is first hea...
Judges 17:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 17:1 . A man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. This was soon after the death of Joshua, says Josephus, and before the civil war with Benjamin. Judges 17:2 . About which thou cursed...
Judges 17:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah. Micah’s mother In the second verse of this chapter Micah makes a clean confession of a great wrong which he had done to his mother. “It seems,” says Matthew Henry, “that this old woman,...
Judges 17:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 17:1 We here light upon quite a different kind of history from that which has preceded. We no longer have to do with judges and their mighty deeds in delivering Israel fro...
Judges 17:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, later the birthplace of the Savior, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there, he lived there for a while as a stranger.
Judges 17:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 35:19 ; Joshua 19:15 ; Judges 19:1 ; Judges 19:2 ; Micah 5:2 ; Matthew 2:1 ; Matthew 2:5 ; Matthew 2:6 ; Ruth 1:1 ; Ruth 1:2
Judges 17:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bethlehem — judah — So called here, as Matthew 2:1 , Matthew 2:5 , to difference it from Bethlehem in Zebulun. There he was born and bred. Of Judah — That is, of or belonging to the tribe of Juda...

Judges 17:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 17:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 17:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 17:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 17:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 17:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 17:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 17:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 17:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 17:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 17:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 17:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 17:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 17:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 17:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 17:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 17:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 17:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 17:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 17:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 17:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes