⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel;^(A) everyone did whatever he wanted.^[a]

Dan’s Invasion and Idolatry

18 In those days, there was no king in Israel,^(A) and the Danite tribe was looking for territory to occupy. Up to that time no territory had been captured by them among the tribes of Israel.

Outrage in Benjamin

19 In those days, when there was no king in Israel,^(A) a Levite living in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine.