Judges 17:11

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 do you come from?” The man told him, “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I’m going to live wherever I can find ⌞a place⌟.” 10Micah told him, “Stay with me! Be a father and a priest to me. I’ll give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your room and board.” The Levite accepted the offer and agreed to live with Micah. The young man became like one of Micah’s sons. 12Micah ordained the Levite. So the young man became his priest and a part of his family. 13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I have a Levite for my priest.”

Judges 17:11 word by word

וַיּ֥וֹאֶל הַלֵּוִ֖י לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וַיְהִ֤י הַנַּ֙עַר֙ ל֔וֹ כְּאַחַ֖ד מִבָּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Leviteלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• was contentיָאַלyâ'al · be willingH2974
• to dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• with the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and the young manנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• was unto him as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

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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In the dictionaries

• Levite
• Micah
• Teraphim
• Bethlehem
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Israel, History of
• Israel, Religion of
• Jonathan (1)
• Judges, Book of

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