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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 _...
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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...
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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 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...
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CARRIAGE. goods. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for
things carried....
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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...
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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 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....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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וַ יִּפְנ֖וּ וַ יֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַ
יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ אֶת
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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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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....
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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For their greater security, if Micah should pursue them....
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Judges 18:21 turned H6437 (H8799) departed H3212 (H8799) put H7760
(H8799) ones H2945 livestock H4735 goods...
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‘ 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...
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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 18:21 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....
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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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Judges 18:21...
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Before them — For their greater security, if Micah should pursue
them....