²⁵ In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.^(A)

⁸ You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,^(A)

⁶ In those days Israel had no king;^(A) everyone did as they saw fit.^(B)

A Levite and His Concubine

19 In those days Israel had no king.

Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim^(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.^(B)

The Danites Settle in Laish

18 In those days Israel had no king.^(A)

And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.^(B)

Human Plans and God’s Plans