Judges 17:7

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

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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...
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 t...
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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah Secures a Levite as Priest. Judges 17:7 . The young man was a Judæ an by birth, and a Levite by profession. It is a contradiction to say th...
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 ).
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...
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 calle...
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...
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 o...
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...
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 fol...
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...
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 t...
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...
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 Juda...
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 du...
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 depar...
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 19:1...
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,...
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 cond...
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...
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...
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 judg...
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 the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Levite Made the Idol's Priest
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 Jud...

⁷ And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Related Commentaries of Judges 17:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 17:7