Translations
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite was living as a stranger in the far reaches of the hill country of Ephraim. He took a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
In those days, when there was no king in Yisra'el, there was a certain Levite sojourning in the remote reaches of the hill country of Efrayim. He took for himself a woman as a pilegesh from Beit-Lechem in Yehudah.
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.