Judges 17:6
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6 [a]In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own eyes.(A)
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- 17:6 This refrain, which will be repeated fully or in part three more times (18:1; 19:1; 21:25), calls attention to the disorder and lawlessness that prevailed before the establishment of kingship in Israel. In this case the problem is cultic impropriety, seen not only in the making of an idol but in the establishment of a local temple, complete with an ephod and teraphim.
Judges 19:1
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Chapter 19
The Levite from Ephraim. 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel,[a](A) there was a Levite residing in remote parts of the mountain region of Ephraim(B) who had taken for himself a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah.
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Judges 21:25
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25 [a]In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own sight.(A)
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