Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Judges 18:3
They knew] They recognised him as a Levite from the prayers he was saying.
Makest] RV 'doest.'
They knew] They recognised him as a Levite from the prayers he was saying.
Makest] RV 'doest.'
Verse Judges 18:3. _THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN_] They knew, by his dialect or mode of _pronunciation_, that he was not an Ephraimite. We have already seen (Judges 12:6) that the Ephraimites...
It does not follow that they had known him before, and recognized his voice, though it may be so. But the Hebrew equally bears the sense that they heard the voice of the Levite; and, attracted by it,...
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...
THE YOUNG MAN. Compare Judges 17:7. MAKEST. doest....
_When they were by the house of Micah_ repeats what has just been said in Judges 18:2; this verse must belong to the narrative of _the young man the Levite_Judges 17:7; Judges 17:11 b,...
_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 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...
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...
BY THE HOUSE OF MICAH. — Literally, _with_ — _i.e.,_ lodging in it, as in Genesis 27:43. They knew the voice of the young man the Levite. — Again the narrative is too much compressed to enable us to f...
הֵ֚מָּה עִם ־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וְ הֵ֣מָּה הִכִּ֔
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-...
When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the (c) voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place...
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....
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...
WHEN THEY WERE BY THE HOUSE OF MICAH,.... At their inn, which might be next to it, or as they were passing by it: THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN THE LEVITE; who had been in their country, and t...
When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? a...
_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...
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....
When they were by the house of Micah, probably on the next morning, when they passed the apartments of the family, THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN, THE LEVITE, they recognized the dialect of his...
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...
THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN; either, 1. By his manner of pronunciation, which was differing and distinguishable in several tribes, as appears from JUDGES 12:6 MARK 14:70. Or, 2. By the celeb...
Judges 18:3 house H1004 Micah H4318 recognized H5234 (H8689) voice H6963 young H5288 Levite H3881 aside H5493 ...
‘ When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite, and they turned aside there, and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And...
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...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 18:2 ZORAH... ESHTAOL. These towns were in the Judean lowlands approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Jerusalem. ⇐...
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...
Genesis 27:22; Isaiah 22:16; Judges 12:6; Matthew 26:73...
Knew — By the acquaintance which some of them formerly had with him....