Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Judges 18:8-10
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
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 SCOUTS AT LAISH. Laish was at the source of the Jordan, being either the modern Tell el Kâ di or Banias (p. 32). Zidonians stands here for Phœ nicians (_cf._ Judges 10:12). These were a quiet, ind...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_What say ye?_ A verb is wanted, such as the EV. supplies; perhaps _what did ye find?_or _see?_would be better. Moore ingeniously, on the basis of the LXX, _what do ye bring back?_...
_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...
וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶל ־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם צָרְעָ֖ה וְ אֶשׁ
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...
Is it not strange, that only 600 men went up armed on this occasion, when we know that the tribe of Dan when they first entered Canaan, were more than 64 thousand? Had sin and a departure from the Lor...
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 CAME UNTO THEIR BRETHREN TO ZORAH AND ESHTAOL,.... After they had well viewed the city, and made their remarks on the inhabitants of it, the condition and circumstances in which they were, an...
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] ye? Ver. 8. _What say ye?_] _Quid vos?_ So hasty they were to hear the news, that they utter impe...
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, the spies, CAME UNTO THEIR BRETHREN TO ZORAH AND ESHTAOL, they returned with their report; AND THEIR BRETHREN SAID UNTO THEM, WHAT SAY YE?...
THE DANITES SEEK A NEW LOCATION...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 18:8 came H935 (H8799) brethren H251 Zorah H6881 Eshtaol H847 brethren H251 said H559 (H8799) Zorah a
‘ And they came to their brothers, to Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What have you to report?” Having surveyed Laish and recognised that it was just what they were looking for t...
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...
Judges 13:2; Judges 16:31; Judges 18:11; Judges 18:2...