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Judges 17:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 17:6

Verse 6 of 13

Scripture focus

In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

Judges 17:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 17:6

Theological / Devotional

No king. Nor any recognized form of national government. Faithfulness to their unseen King would have provided Israel with national unity and with security against invasion and servitude to their heathen neighbors.

In his own eyes. Anarchy prevailed. Might was right, and the whims of men guided them rather than the instruction of the laws of God. The Israelites had been warned that they should not be ruled by such a philosophy of life (Deut. 12:8). The author placed these words in his narrative to explain how such violations of the Mosaic law could go on unrestrained or unpunished. This phrase seems to give evidence that the author wrote the book of Judges during the reign of a strong king who kept down lawlessness in various parts of his kingdom.

By SdaBc