The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Not considering that he forsook the true worshipping of…
Not considering that he forsook the true worshipping of God for to maintain his own belly.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell…
Jdg 17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Ver. 11. Was unto him as one of his sons.] For good usage, good will, and good cheap titles, it was better with this Levite than with him in Plautus, who said, - and so may many ministers now-a-days, - Ego non servio libenter, herus meus me non habet libenter: tamen utitur me, ut lippus oculis.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Levite was content; being constrained by necessity, and…
The Levite was content; being constrained by necessity, and infected with the common contagion of the superstition and idolatry of the times.
Was unto him as one of his sons, i.e. treated with the same degree of kindness and affection.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Levite was content to dwell with the…
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man,.... To continue with him; after he had made trial for some time, he liked his service, and his wages, and way of living; it was all agreeable to him:
and the young man was unto him as one of his sons; as dearly beloved by him, and used as kindly and tenderly, as if he had been one of his own children; so strong were the affections of Micah to him, and so well pleased was he with his service.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Content - Being infected with the common superstition and…
Content - Being infected with the common superstition and idolatry of the times. His sons - That is, treated with the same degree of kindness and affection.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. The Levite was content] He thought the…
Verse 11. The Levite was content] He thought the place a good one, and the wages respectable.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 17:11-12. The Levite was content — Being infected…
Jdg 17:11-12. The Levite was content — Being infected with the common superstition and idolatry of the times. As one of his sons — That is, treated with the same degree of kindness and affection. Micah consecrated the Levite — To be a priest, for which he thought a consecration necessary, as knowing the Levites were no less excluded from the priest’s office than the people. The young man — Instead of his son, whom he had consecrated, but now it seems restrained from the exercise of that office, devolving it wholly upon the Levite, who was nearer akin to it.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Was unto him as one of his sons.—The…
(11) Was unto him as one of his sons.—The words are added by way of reflection on his subsequent ingratitude.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.