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CHAPTER XVIII
_Some Danites, seeking an inheritance, send five men to search_
_the land, who arrive at the house of Micah_, 1, 2.
_They employ the Levite, who served to his house as priest, to_
_a...
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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
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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...
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THE DANITE SCOUTS AT THE HOUSE OF MICAH. This chapter is of great
value as an illustration of the mode in which an Israelitish tribe
found a settlement in the country. We are taken back almost to the...
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THOSE DAYS. Numbers 17 and Numbers 21, thought by some to record
earlier events in the days of Othniel by Figure of speech _Hysteresis_
(App-6). See note on Judges 17:1, and Structure.
NO KING. No tru...
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Judges 18:1. _In those days … in Israel_ An excuse for the
irregularity of Micah's proceedings as described in the foregoing
verses. See Judges 17:6 _n._
and in those days … to dwell in At first the...
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_THE DANITES SEEK AN INHERITANCE, AND IN THE JOURNEY ENTER INTO THE
HOUSE OF MICAH, AND CARRY OFF HIS IMAGE AND HIS PRIEST: THEY TAKE THE
CITY LAISH, WHICH THEY BURN, BUILD ANOTHER IN ITS PLACE, AND S...
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_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...
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_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 INHERITANCE HAD NOT FALLEN UNTO THEM AMONG TH...
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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....
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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...
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IN THOSE DAYS... — The repetition of the phrase does not necessarily
prove the use of different documents. It may only emphasise the reason
for the occurrence of such disorders and irregularities.
TH...
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בַּ † יָּמִ֣ים הָ הֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ...
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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...
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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...
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At the last census, Dan had numbered 64,400 males of 20 years old
upward and the land alotted to them would have been sufficient had the
Amorites not forced them into the mountains (see Numbers 26:42-...
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In those days [there was] no (a) 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] inheritance had not fallen unto them a...
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Days, after the death of Josue and the ancients. Debbora speaks of the
tribe of Dan, as addicted to navigation, chap. v. 17. (Calmet) --- It
had now conquered most of the enemies who had formerly forc...
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CONTENTS.
The same melancholy subject of idolatry is the burden of this
Chapter'. Certain Danites having called at the house of Micah,
impiously consult the priest of Micah concerning their journey:...
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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...
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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...
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IN THOSE DAYS THERE WAS NO KING IN ISRAEL,.... No supreme magistrate,
no judge, for it was before the time of the judges, after the death of
Joshua and before Othniel the first judge; this is observed...
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_In those days there was no king in Israel_ These words seem to be
repeated in order to assign the reason of such enormous practices as
are recorded in this and the preceding chapter. They appear to h...
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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....
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THE DANITES SEEK A NEW LOCATION...
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In those days there was no king in Israel, this fact being noted here
again to explain the behavior of the Danites and to register the
author's disapproval of their action; AND IN THOSE DAYS THE TRIBE...
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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...
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JUDGES CHAPTER 18 Those of the tribe of Dan, having not sufficient
inheritance, send forth five men to spy out a place; they come to the
house of Micah, and desire the Levite to ask counsel of God tou...
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Judges 18:1 days H3117 king H4428 Israel H3478 days H3117 tribe H7626
Danites H1839 seeking H1245 (H8764) inheritance...
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CHAPTER 18. THE SANCTUARY OF DAN.
This chapter describes how the Danites, being unsuccessful in their
allotted inheritance, sent out spies to search the land, and discover
if they could find a better...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 18:1 NO KING IN ISRAEL. Compare Judges 17:6;
Judges 19:1;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 33:5; Genesis 36:31; Joshua 19:40; Judges 1:34; Judges 17:
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Those days — Not long after Joshua's death. The tribe — A part of
that tribe, consisting only of six hundred men of war, with their
families, Judges 18:16, Judges 18:21. Inheritance — The lot had
fall...