Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Judges 18:23,24
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
CHAPTER 18 THE DANITE IDOLATRY _ 1. The Danites seek an inheritance (Judges 18:1)_ 2. Their robbery (Judges 18:13) 3. Laish taken and idolatry consummated (Judges 18:27) The history of this chapter
THE DANITES GET POSSESSION OF A SACRED IMAGE. Kiriath-jearim (the city of forests) is perhaps Kuriat el -' enab. There was a Mahaneh-dan (camp of Dan) between Zorah and Eshtaol, but more than one plac...
JUDGES 17-18. This section is the first of two supplements. It explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the _naî veté_ of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not a f...
THAT THOU COMEST, &C. Hebrew "that thou hast called thyself out"....
_Micah and the Danites Judges 18:1-31_ In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inherit...
THE DANITES GO IN QUEST OF AN INHERITANCE. THEY ROB MICAH OF HIS IMAGES, CAPTURE AND SETTLE IN LAISH, AND SET UP IDOL-WORSHIP THERE 1-10. The Danite Spies....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 18 V1 At that time, *Israel’s people had no king. Dan’s *tribe were looking for a place where they might live. They had not yet received any area th...
WHAT AILETH THEE? — There is again a certain grim humour in the narrative, with some sense of irony for the total discomfiture and pathetic outcries of Micah. Dan showed himself in this proceeding lik...
וַֽ יִּקְרְאוּ֙ אֶל ־בְּנֵי ־דָ֔ן וַ יַּסֵּ֖ב
THE STOLEN GODS Judges 17:1, Judges 18:1 THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with that which has gone b...
The account of the backsliding of individuals is followed by an illustration of its widespread existence among the people. While seeking new territory the Danites found Micah and the condition of thin...
Encouraged by the report of the spies, 600 men of Dan set off with weapons to attack the city. When they came to mount Ephraim, the spies told them about the house of God with the image and priest. Th...
It is impossible to pity the deluded Micah, whose heart was so set upon idols. He confesses he had lost all in losing them. But alas! what loss could there be in them. Think Reader! what contemptible...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21. The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of the...
AND THEY CRIED UNTO THE CHILDREN OF DAN,.... When they had got pretty near them, and in their hearing, they called to them aloud, and desired they would stop, having something to say to them: AND THE...
_And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?_ Ver. 23. _What aileth thee, that thou comest?_] Th...
1 The Danites send fiue men to seeke out an inheritance. 3 At the house of Micah they consult with Ionathan, and are incouraged in their way. 7 They search Laish, and bring backe newes of good hope....
And they cried unto the children of Dan, hailed them, bidding them stop. AND THEY TURNED THEIR FACES, AND SAID UNTO MICAH, WHAT AILETH THEE THAT THOU COMEST WITH SUCH A COMPANY? They feigned ignorance...
THE PRIEST OF MICAH TAKEN TO LAISH...
SPIES SENT FROM DAN TO SEEK PROPERTY (vv. 1-10) At that time, though the tribe of Dan had been allotted territory west of Benjamin, bordering the Mediterranean Sea (Joshua 19:40), yet this was large...
THAT THOU COMEST WITH SUCH A COMPANY?: _ Heb._ that thou are gathered together?...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 18:23 out H7121 (H8799) children H1121 Dan H1835 turned H5437 (H8686) H6440 said H559 ...
‘ And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned their faces and said to Micah, “What ails you that you come with such a company?” ' When they got near enough to the Danites Micah's force...
CONTENTS: The Danite invasion. Civil and religious confusion. CHARACTERS: Micah, Jonathan, priests. CONCLUSION: Many seek to justify themselves in their idolatrous impiety by the prosperity that see...
Judges 18:1. _Inheritance had not fallen to them._ Dan had the seventh lot, but not enough for all his families. Judges 18:5. _Ask counsel of God._ Here was another total breach, both with God's sanct...
_The Danites sought them an inheritance _. .. _ They set them up Micah’s graven image._ THE IMAGE-WORSHIP EXPANDING INTO TRIBAL IDOLATRY I. The straits to which unbelief reduces the strong (Judges 1...
THE IMAGE WORSHIP EXPANDING INTO TRIBAL IDOLATRY _HOMILETICS_ I. THE STRAITS TO WHICH UNBELIEF REDUCES THE STRONG. Judges 18:1. “The tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in.” Not that th...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 18:1 IN THOSE DAYS, etc. See Judges 17:6. THE TRIBE OF THE DANITES SOUGHT THEM AN INHERITANCE, etc. This does not mean that the whole tribe of Dan were still seeking their inheritan...
Now that is setting the stage for the rest of this story. You got now this Levite, young kid from Bethlehem as a professional religious priest, personal priest of Micah in his house. Now, in those da...
1 Samuel 11:5; 2 Kings 6:28; 2 Samuel 14:5; Genesis 21:17; Isaiah 22:1