Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Judges 18:13
And they passed thence unto Mount Ephraim, along the way taken by the spies, and came unto the house of Micah.
And they passed thence unto Mount Ephraim, along the way taken by the spies, and came unto the house of Micah.
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
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 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...
_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...
_AND THEY WENT UP, AND PITCHED IN KIRJATH-JE'ARIM, IN JUDAH: WHEREFORE THEY CALLED THAT PLACE MAHANEHDAN UNTO THIS DAY: BEHOLD, IT IS BEHIND KIRJATH-JE'ARIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
UNTO THE HOUSE OF MICAH. — Probably the precincts of the new sanctuary gave their name to a sort of village — Beth-Micah....
וַ יַּעַבְר֥וּ מִ שָּׁ֖ם הַר ־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַ
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...
CHAPTER XVIII....
Though they seemed to be in earnest in their intended conquest of Laish, yet we see how slow they moved, that even a second day's march only brought them as far as the house of Micah....
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 PASSED THENCE UNTO MOUNT EPHRAIM,.... Steering their coast still northward; this, according to Bunting b, was eight miles from Kirjathjearim, or Mahanehdan, in which Micah's house was, for as...
_And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah._ Ver. 13. _And came unto the house of Micah._] Whom the five spies ill requited for his former hospitality and courtesy:...
_Mahaneh-dan_ That is, the camp of Dan. _They came unto the house of Micah_ That is, to the town in which his house was, for they had not yet entered into it. _Then answered the five men_ That is, the...
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....
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...
i.e. To the town in which his house was, for they were not yet entered into it....
Judges 18:13 passed H5674 (H8799) mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 came H935 (H8799) house H1004 Micah H4318...
‘ And they passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.' Coming to the house of Micah was no doubt by deliberate design of the five guides. But this was a breach...
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...
Joshua 24:30; Joshua 24:33; Judges 17:1; Judges 18:2; Judges 18:3;...
To the house — That is, to the town in which his house was, for they were not yet entered into it....