There was no king in Israel at that time; everyone did whatever they wanted.

There was no king in Israel at that time. In those days the tribe of Dan was looking for territory to claim and settle in because they had not yet received any land of their own among the tribes of Israel.

There was no king in Israel at that time. Everyone did whatever they pleased.

There was once a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.

He left Bethlehem to find another place to live. While he was traveling, he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.

They buried him on his own land at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, the town in the hill country of Ephraim which had been given to his son Phinehas.

Reumah, Nahor's concubine, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

but while he was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him. Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.

One day Ishbosheth son of Saul accused Abner of sleeping with Saul's concubine Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah.

After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives, and had more sons and daughters.

So they set up a tent for Absalom on the palace roof, and in the sight of everyone Absalom went in and had intercourse with his father's concubines.

Joab went to the king's house and said to him, "Today you have humiliated your men---the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and of your wives and concubines.

When David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and put them under guard. He provided for their needs, but did not have intercourse with them. They were kept confined for the rest of their lives, living like widows.

Solomon married seven hundred princesses and also had three hundred concubines. They made him turn away from God,

In all, Rehoboam had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Of all his wives and concubines he loved Maacah best,

She would go there in the evening, and the next morning she would be taken to another harem and put in the care of Shaashgaz, the eunuch in charge of the king's concubines. She would not go to the king again unless he liked her enough to ask for her by name.

Let the king have sixty queens, eighty concubines, young women without number!

But I love only one, and she is as lovely as a dove. She is her mother's only daughter, her mother's favorite child. All women look at her and praise her; queens and concubines sing her praises.

At once the gold cups and bowls were brought in, and they all drank wine out of them

Didn't God make you one body and spirit with her? What was his purpose in this? It was that you should have children who are truly God's people. So make sure that none of you breaks his promise to his wife.

He left Bethlehem to find another place to live. While he was traveling, he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.

When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem.

'Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least of the leading cities of Judah; for from you will come a leader who will guide my people Israel.' "