Judges 17:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. ”

Judges 17:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonathan’s state without a home gives us vivid picture of what must have been the condition of many Levites.
Judges 17:8 - 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 17:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to sojourn. True worship neglected. Priests and Levites unemployed. Idolaters busy making idols and dancing.
Judges 17:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place : and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. To sojourn where he could find...
Judges 17:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. The man departed ... to s...
Judges 17:8 - 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 17:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To sojourn where he could find. — Or, as we should say, to get his living. It may easily be supposed that in the disorganisation of these days, the due support of the Levites would be much neglec...
Judges 17:8 - 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 17:8 - 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 17:8 - 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 17:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah , to sojourn where he could find a place,.... Either being a man that had a rambling head, and of an unsettled mind, and could not easily fix...
Judges 17:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. Ver. 8. To sojourn where he...
Judges 17:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To sojourn where he could find a place For employment and a livelihood; for the tithes and offerings, which were their maintenance, not being brought unto the house of God, the Levites and priests...
Judges 17:8 - 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 17:8 - 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 17:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Where he could find a place, for employment and a livelihood; for the tithes and offerings, which were their maintenance, not being brought in to the house of God, the Levites and priests must need...
Judges 17:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.' The Le...
Judges 17:8 - 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 17:8 - 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 17:8 - 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 17:8 - 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 17:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Levite Made the Idol's Priest
Judges 17:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 17:11 ; Nehemiah 13:10 ; Nehemiah 13:11
Judges 17:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To sojourn — For employment and a livelihood; for the tithes and offerings, which were their maintenance, not being brought into the house of God, the Levites and priests were reduced to straights....

Judges 17:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 17:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 17:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 17:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 17:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 17:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 17:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 17:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 17:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 17:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 17:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 17:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 17:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 17:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 17:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 17:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 17:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 17:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 17:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 17:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes