Judges 19:1

New King James Version

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Cross References

Genesis 22:24

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

Genesis 25:6

But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

2 Samuel 16:22

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 19:5

Then Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who today have saved your life, the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives and the lives of your concubines,

2 Samuel 20:3

Now David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in seclusion and supported them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Samuel 3:7

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

2 Samuel 5:13

And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.

1 Kings 11:3

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

1 Kings 4:8

These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;

2 Chronicles 11:21

Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Esther 2:14

In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name.

Daniel 5:3

Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

Malachi 2:15

But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.

Matthew 2:6

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”

Joshua 24:30

And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

Judges 12:8

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 17:1

Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 17:7

Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

Judges 17:8

The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Judges 18:1

In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for itself to dwell in; for until that day their inheritance among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them.

Judges 18:13

And they passed from there to the mountains of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

Judges 19:16

Just then an old man came in from his work in the field at evening, who also was from the mountains of Ephraim; he was staying in Gibeah, whereas the men of the place were Benjamites.

Judges 19:2

But his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there four whole months.

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 3:27

And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and he led them.