Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Judges 18:19
Verse Judges 18:19. Lay thine hand upon thy mouth] This was the token of silence. The god of silence, Harpocrates, is represented on ancient statues with his finger pressed on his lips.
Verse Judges 18:19. Lay thine hand upon thy mouth] This was the token of silence. The god of silence, Harpocrates, is represented on ancient statues with his finger pressed on his lips.
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
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...
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...
LAY THINE HAND, &C. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for "be silent". BETTER. Man's priest soon gets promotion....
_lay thine hand upon thy mouth_ Cf. Micah 7:16; Job 21:5; Job 29:9 etc. _a father and a priest_ See Judges 17:10 _n._...
AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM— _They,_ that is, the five men who had entered the house....
_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....
See on Judges 17:10....
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...
HOLD THY PEACE, LAY THINE HAND UPON THY MOUTH. — Comp. Job 21:5; Job 29:9; Proverbs 30:32. The laying of the finger on the lip is one of the most universal of gestures. It is the attitude of Horus, th...
וַ יֹּאמְרוּ֩ לֹ֨ו הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ שִֽׂים ־יָדְךָ֤...
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...
_Mouth; to signify that silence must be observed, Job xxix. 9., and Ecclesiasticus v. 12.[14?] Angerona, among the Romans, and Harpocrates, in Egypt, were represented in this posture; digitoque silent...
It is impossible sufficiently to detest the character of this time-serving Levite. But indeed, how shall he be just to man that is unfaithful to God. And that all this base and perfidious conduct was...
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 SAID UNTO HIM, HOLD THY PEACE,.... Be silent, make no disturbance, be quiet and easy: LAY THY HAND UPON THY MOUTH; as a token of silence; so the Egyptians used to paint Harpocrates, the god...
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that tho...
_The five men came in thither_ Into the house and that part of it where the things were. _The priest stood in the gate_ Whither they had drawn him forth, that they might without noise or hinderance ta...
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....
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, be absolutely quiet; LAY THINE HAND UPON THY MOUTH, AND GO WITH US, AND BE TO US A FATHER AND A PRIEST, the position which he had occupied in the house of Micah...
THE PRIEST OF MICAH TAKEN TO LAISH...
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...
LAY THY HAND UPON THY MOUTH, i.e. be silent, as this phrase is used, JOB 21:5, JOB 29:9 40:4 PROVERBS 30:32. The same thing repeated in other words. A father and a priest: See Poole on ...
Judges 18:19 said H559 (H8799) quiet H2790 (H8685) put H7760 (H8798) hand H3027 mouth H6310 come...
‘ And they said to him, “Hold your peace. Put your hand on your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be...
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 18:14 EPHOD, HOUSEHOLD GODS, A CARVED IMAGE, AND A METAL IMAGE (v. Judges 18:14). Rather than condemning Micah’s collection of pagan religious
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...
2 Kings 13:14; 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 8:9; Job 21:5;...
Lay thy hand — That is, be silent. A family — Namely, a tribe, that is, a family....