Discovery BoxJudges 19:1 
ContextSodom and Gomorrah Revisited
19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 1 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 2 from Bethlehem 3 in Judah.
Judges 19:18
Context19:18 The Levite 4 said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem 5 in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. 6 But no one has invited me into their home.
1 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
2 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
6 tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”
