19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 1 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 2 from Bethlehem 3 in Judah.
[19:1] 1 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
[19:1] 2 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
[19:1] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
