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Verse Judges 18:2. _FIVE MEN - MEN OF VALOUR_] The Hebrew word חיל
_chayil_ has been applied to _personal prowess_, to _mental energy_,
and to _earthly possessions_. They sent those in whose courage,...
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This identity of locality with the scene of Samson’s birth and death
indicates that both narratives are drawn from the same source,
probably the annals of the tribe of Dan....
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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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CHILDREN. sons.
COASTS. borders.
MEN OF VALOUR. sons of valour.
MOUNT. hill country of....
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The repetitions in this verse (_of their family, of their whole
number; five, men, men_of valour; to _search_it, _search_the land)
point to a combination of the two narratives, of which the beginning...
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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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_AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN SENT OF THEIR FAMILY FIVE MEN FROM THEIR
COASTS, MEN OF VALOUR, FROM ZORAH, AND FROM ESHTAOL, TO SPY OUT THE
LAND, AND TO SEARCH IT; AND THEY SAID UNTO THEM, GO, SEARCH THE LA...
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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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FROM THEIR COASTS] RV 'from their whole number.' For ZORAH and ESHTAOL
see on Judges 13:25....
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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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FROM THEIR COASTS. — Literally, _their ends_ (Genesis 19:4; 1 Kings
12:31). Some explain it to mean “from their whole number.”
MEN OF VALOUR. — Literally, _sons of force_ (Judges 21:10).
To spy out t...
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וַ יִּשְׁלְח֣וּ בְנֵי ־דָ֣ן ׀ מִֽ
מִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם...
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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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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the
land, and to search it; and they said unto them, (b) Go, search the...
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_Family. Hebrew, "From their extremity." Which may denote such as came
to hand, (Calmet) or princes, (De Dieu) or people of mean appearance,
(Castalion) unless we explain it "from their coasts," with...
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It appears that this Levite was known to the Danites. But what a sad
and disgraceful wretch, and how lost to shame, to acknowledge himself
the hireling of an idolater, and the priest of an idol....
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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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AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN SENT OF THEIR FAMILY FIVE MEN,.... According
to Abarbinel one out of a family, as Moses sent one out of a tribe to
spy the land; and so there must be five families concerned in...
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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the
land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the lan...
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_They lodged there_ Not in the same house, but near it. _They knew the
voice of the young man_ Having been acquainted with him before he came
to live with Micah. _Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God_ By...
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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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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
coasts, men specially qualified for that purpose, selected from their
whole tribe, MEN OF VALOR, FROM ZORAH, AND FROM ESHTAOL, two citi...
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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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MEN:
_ Heb._ sons...
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OF THEIR FAMILY; which shows that it was but one, though a large
family, which was engaged in this expedition. _Eshtaol_; of which see
JOSHUA 19:41 JUDGES 13:2,25. THEY LODGED THERE; not in the same h...
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Judges 18:2 a
‘And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their
whole number, men of valour from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out
the land, and to search it. And they said unto t...
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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 18:2 ZORAH... ESHTAOL. These towns were in the
Judean lowlands approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Jerusalem.
⇐...
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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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Genesis 42:9; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 19:41; Joshua 2:1; Judges 13:2;...
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There — Not in the same house, but near it....