Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Judges 18:21
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage (i) before them.
(i) Suspecting them that pursued them.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage (i) before them.
(i) Suspecting them that pursued them.
Verse Judges 18:21. _THE LITTLE ONES AND THE CATTLE, C._] These men were so confident of success that they removed their whole families, household goods, cattle, and all. _AND THE CARRIAGE_] כבודה _...
AND PUT THE LITTLE ONES, ETC., BEFORE THEM - They expected a pursuit from Micah’s people, and arranged their order of march accordingly. THE CARRIAGE - Rather, “the valuables.” Some interpret it “the...
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...
CARRIAGE. goods. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for things carried....
If there were _little ones_there must have been women to look after them. Budde would supply the omission, but unnecessarily. _the goods_ In the Hebr. a fem. sing., _the wealthy_, cf. Genesis 31:1 RVm...
_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....
CARRIAGE] RV 'goods': cp. Acts 21:15 (what is carried: cp. the word 'luggage'). The armed men marched last, expecting pursuit. 28. See on Judges 18:7. The building of one city on the ruins of another...
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...
THE LITTLE ONES AND THE CATTLE. — It is only in this incidental way that the fact of this being a regular migration is brought out. (Comp. Exodus 12:37.) The women are, of course, included, though not...
וַ יִּפְנ֖וּ וַ יֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַ יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ אֶת
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...
It is impossible to pity the deluded Micah, whose heart was so set upon idols. He confesses he had lost all in losing them. But alas! what loss could there be in them. Think Reader! what contemptible...
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...
SO THEY TURNED AND DEPARTED,.... Turned from the gate of the city where Micah dwelt, and marched forward to Laish: AND PUT THE LITTLE ONES, AND THE CATTLE, AND THE CARRIAGE, BEFORE THEM; partly for s...
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. Ver. 21. _And the cattle and the carriage before them._] For they feared Micah's pursuit more than an...
_The priest's heart was glad_ As he was promised promotion, he not only consented to the fact, but assisted them in it, being wholly governed by a regard to his own secular interest. _He went in the m...
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....
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage, all their most valuable possessions, BEFORE THEM, to have them safe in case they should be attacked by Micah and h...
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...
For their greater security, if Micah should pursue them....
Judges 18:21 turned H6437 (H8799) departed H3212 (H8799) put H7760 (H8799) ones H2945 livestock H4735 goods...
‘ So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the goods before them.' They put the vulnerable ones in front of them because they anticipated that any danger would be fro...
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 18:21 As the Danites fled, they placed what they had stolen IN FRONT OF THEM, with the warriors behind, as protection against pursuit from Micah’s household or neighbors....
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...
Judges 18:21...
Before them — For their greater security, if Micah should pursue them....