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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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THE SCOUTS AT LAISH. Laish was at the source of the Jordan, being
either the modern Tell el Kâ di or Banias (p. 32). Zidonians stands
here for Phœ nicians (_cf._ Judges 10:12). These were a quiet,
ind...
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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 reply of the spies is overcharged, and the sentences out of
logical order, probably owing to the combination of the two
narratives. Moore thus separates the two: (_a) Arise, and let us go up
ag...
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AND THEY SAID, ARISE, &C.— There cannot be a more infallible presage
of the ruin of any people or nation, of the immediate destruction of a
city or a kingdom, than when they _dwell quiet and secure,_...
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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 THEY CAME UNTO THEIR BRETHREN TO ZORAH AND ESHTAOL: AND THEIR
BRETHREN SAID UNTO THEM, WHAT SAY YE?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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SECURE] as always in AV,' free from care or apprehension.'
11-31. The Danite Expedition to Laish....
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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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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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TO A LARGE LAND. — Literally, _wide on both hands_ (Genesis 34:11).
This well describes the position of Tel el-Kadi. (See Notes on Judges
18:7; Judges 18:28.)
God hath given it into your hands. — Of t...
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כְּ בֹאֲכֶ֞ם תָּבֹ֣אוּ ׀ אֶל ־עַ֣ם
בֹּטֵ֗חַ ו
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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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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...
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_Secure. "No one is sooner overcome than the man who has no fear; and
security is generally the forerunner of ruin." Velleius 2., initium
est calamitatis securitas._...
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Is it not strange, that only 600 men went up armed on this occasion,
when we know that the tribe of Dan when they first entered Canaan,
were more than 64 thousand? Had sin and a departure from the Lor...
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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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WHEN YE GO, YE SHALL COME TO A PEOPLE SECURE, AND TO A LARGE LAND,....
For though it was but one city, the territories of it were large, and
the villages belonging to it might be many; which, with the...
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When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land:
for God hath given it into your hands; a place where [there is] no
want of any thing that [is] in the earth.
Ver. 10. _A place whe...
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_God hath given it into your hands_ This they gather partly from God's
promises, which they supposed they had from the Levite's mouth, and
partly from his providence, which had so disposed them that t...
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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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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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GOD HATH GIVEN IT INTO YOUR HANDS: this they gather partly from God's
word or promise, which they supposed they had from the Levite's mouth;
and partly from his providence, which hath so disposed them...
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Judges 18:10 go H935 (H8800) come H935 (H8799) secure H982 (H8802)
people H5971 large H7342 land...
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“ When you go, you will come to a people living securely, and to a
land that is ample, for God has given it into your hands, a place
where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.”
They poin...
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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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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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1 Timothy 6:17; Deuteronomy 11:11; Deuteronomy 11:12; Deuteronomy
2:29;...
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Given — This they gather partly from God's promise which they
supposed they had from the Levite's mouth; and partly from his
providence, which had so disposed them, that they would be an easy
prey....