Judg 17:1, 19:1 | TSK | STEP | Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images; and he ornaments for them. He hires a Levite to be his priest. A.M. 2585. B.C. 1419. An. Ex. Is. 72. there was.It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think them to be here in their natural order; others that they happened in the time of Joshua, or immediately after the ancients who outlived him. All that can be said with certainly is, that they happened when there was no king in Israel; that is, about the time of the judges, or in some time of the anarchy. (ver. 6.) mount.

Judges 17:1

1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images;

5 and he ornaments for them.

7 He hires a Levite to be his priest.

A.M. 2585. B.C. 1419. An. Ex. Is. 72. there was.It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think them to be here in their natural order; others that they happened in the time of Joshua, or immediately after the ancients who outlived him. All that can be said with certainly is, that they happened when there was no king in Israel; that is, about the time of the judges, or in some time of the anarchy. (ver. 6.)

mount.

10:1; Jos 15:9; 17:14-18

Judges 19:1

1 A Levite goes to Beth-lehem to fetch home his concubine.

16 An old man entertains him at Gibeah.

22 The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death.

29 He divides her into twelve pieces, and sends them to the twelve tribes.

when there.

17:6; 18:1; 21:25

mount.

17:1,8; Jos 24:30,33

a concubine. Heb. a woman, a concubine, or, a wife, aconcubine.

Ge 22:24; 25:6; 2Sa 3:7; 5:13; 16:22; 19:5; 20:3; 1Ki 11:3; 2Ch 11:21

Es 2:14; So 6:8,9; Da 5:3; Mal 2:15

Beth-lehem-judah.

17:8; Ge 35:19; Mt 2:6