There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
"The apostasy of the Judges period, according to this chapter, was characterized by three observable trends. 1. Religious syncretism (Judges 17:1-5). . . . 2. Moral relativism (Judges 17:6). . . . 3. Extreme materialism (Judges 17:7-13)." [Note: Davis and Whitcomb, pp. 143-45.] 