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Back in those days, Israel didn’t yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.

A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of[a] Judah. The man had left his city Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could. As he traveled along, he eventually arrived at Micah’s house in the mountainous region[b] of Ephraim, looking for work.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:7 The Heb. lacks the territory of
  2. Judges 17:8 Or the hill country