Judges 17:7

Micah Hires a Professional

17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ¹  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ² 

Judges 17:9

17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.” ³ 

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ⁴  got angry at him ⁵  and went home ⁶  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

² tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

³ tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”

⁴ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

⁶ tn Heb “went from him.”