Judges 17:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. ”

Judges 17:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, (g) I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place]. (g) For in those days the service of God was...
Judges 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place .
Judges 17:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The sequel of this conference, too plainly marks the Levite ' s character. What an awful state must it be, in a Levite of God, to hire himself out in the service of idols; and what a pitiful maintena...
Judges 17:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Micah said unto him, whence comest thou ?.... For as he might ask for a meal, or for a night's lodging, it was but natural to put such a question to him, as from whence he came, and what was his...
Judges 17:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place]. Ver. 9. Whence comest thou? ] He should have...
Judges 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 17:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Micah said to him, “From where have you come?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.” ' Micah would be providing hospitality a...
Judges 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Levite Made the Idol's Priest

Judges 17:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 17:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 17:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 17:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 17:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 17:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 17:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 17:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 17:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 17:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 17:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 17:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 17:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 17:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 17:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 17:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann