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...
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 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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
בַּ † יָּמִ֣ים הָ הֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
THE DANITES SEEK A NEW LOCATION...
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...
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...
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...
Judges 18:1 days H3117 king H4428 Israel H3478 days H3117 tribe H7626 Danites H1839 seeking H1245 (H8764) inheritance...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 33:5; Genesis 36:31; Joshua 19:40; Judges 1:34; Judges 17:
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...