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Judges 17:8 KJV
Judges · chapter 17 · verse 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.Judges 17:8 · King James Version
Judges 17:8 in context
6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8And 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.
9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BethlehemjudahBêyth LechemBeth-Lechem, a place in PalestineH1035 →
- BethlehemjudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- departedyâlakto walkH3212 →
- sojourngûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- mounthara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
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We have here an account of Micah's furnishing himself with a Levite for his chaplain, either thinking his son, because the heir of his estate, too good to officiate, or rather, because not of God's tribe, not good enough. Observe, I. What brought this Levite to Micah.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13