Judges 19:1
Judges · Old Testament · Chapter 19
“And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.”Judges 19:1
What Does Judges 19:1 Mean?
Judges 19:1 is found in the book of Judges, chapter 19, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Judges 19:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Judges 17:6“In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”Judges 18:1“In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.”Judges 21:25“In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”Judges 17:8“And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.”Matthew 2:6“And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.”Joshua 24:30“And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.”Joshua 24:33“And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.”Judges 19:16“And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.”1 Samuel 1:1“Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:”Malachi 2:15“And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.”Genesis 16:3“And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.”Genesis 22:24“And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.”Genesis 25:6“But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.”Genesis 35:19“And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.”Judges 3:27“And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.”Judges 17:1“And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.”Judges 17:7“And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.”Judges 18:2“And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.”Judges 18:13“And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.”Ruth 1:1“Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.”
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