Judges 17:6
In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
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- Judg 18:1 : 1 The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
- Judg 19:1 : 1 Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
- Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
- Deut 12:8 : 8 You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,
- Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
- Prov 16:2 : 2 All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
- Jer 44:16-17 : 16 “We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us! 17 Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
- Deut 33:5 : 5 The LORD was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.
- Judg 21:3 : 3 They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
- Ps 12:4 : 4 They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”
- Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
- Gen 36:31 : 31 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:
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- Judg 21:24-252 verses93%
24Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property.
25In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
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8You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,
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1The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
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5Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
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7Micah Hires a Professional There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
8This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
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1Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
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2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.
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3The Lord Will Punish Israel by Removing Its Kings Very soon they will say,“We have no king since we did not fear the LORD. But what can a king do for us anyway?”
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47There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
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4For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.
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17Micaiah said,“I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the LORD said,‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”
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5In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.
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1Micah Makes His Own Religion There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
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3For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.
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1The Call of Samuel Now the boy Samuel continued serving the LORD under Eli’s supervision. Receiving a message from the LORD was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
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16Micaiah replied,“I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the LORD said,‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”
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7So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
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16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David– no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So all Israel returned to their homes.
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14The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen,“Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
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9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
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15Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The LORD watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.
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16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.
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1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.
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29But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.
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12But they just keep saying,‘We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’”
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4The whole assembly agreed to do this, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.
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14Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”
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5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
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8All Israel rose up in unison and said,“Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
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16I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.
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19Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the LORD their God; they followed Israel’s example.
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6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.
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17All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.
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19A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said,“This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears.”
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19When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.
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12Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
13Micah said,“Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
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7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
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12“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me,‘No! A king will rule over us’– even though the LORD your God is your king!
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10Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,“Give me a king and princes”?
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19But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said,“No! There will be a king over us!
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18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,
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27The Israelites asked the LORD(for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
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8they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before them, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.
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3But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.
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15So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.