^*And it came to pass in those days, ^awhen there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of ^bmount Ephraim, who took to him ^†a concubine out of ^cBeth-lehem-judah.

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*About B. C. 1406:Comp. Josh. 24:33 with ch. 20:28.
aSee ch. 17:6.
bSee Josh. 24:33.
†Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine. See ch. 16:1 marg.
cch. 17:7.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In those days Israel had no king.

Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite staying in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine.

NLTNew Living Translation

Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreigner in the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.