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Judges 17:11
11So the Levite agreed to stay with Micah. He became like a son for Micah.
Judges 17:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
- New International Version (NIV)So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
Context of Judges 17:11
9Micah asked him, ‘Where have you come from?’ The man replied, ‘I am a Levite who was living in Bethlehem in Judah. Now I am looking for a new place to live.’ 10Micah said, ‘Stay here with me. You will be my advisor and my priest. I will pay you ten pieces of silver each year, as well as your clothes and food.’ So the Levite agreed to stay with Micah. He became like a son for Micah. 12Micah gave the young man what he needed. The Levite became Micah's priest and he lived in Micah's home. 13Then Micah said, ‘Now I know that the Lord will bless me, because I have this Levite as my own priest.’
Read all of Judges 17Judges 17:11 word by word
וַיּ֥וֹאֶל הַלֵּוִ֖י לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וַיְהִ֤י הַנַּ֙עַר֙ ל֔וֹ כְּאַחַ֖ד מִבָּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Judges 17:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The Levite was content - He thought the place a good one, and the wages respectable.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13These two epilogues (Judges 17–18 and 19–21) show that inspired but unstructured leadership cannot last. As society moved toward chaos and civil war, the phrase, In those days there was no king in Israel appears four times. The phrase, everyone did what was right in his own eyes is added twice (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). The era of inspired leadership declined and ended in disorder. Something important was missing.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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