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Verse Judges 18:12. _MAHANEH-DAN_] "The camp of Dan;" so called from
the circumstance of this armament _encamping_ there. See Jdg 13:25,
which affords some proof that this transaction was previous to...
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KURJATH-JEARIM - “City of forests,” otherwise called
“Kirjath-Baal” (marginal reference.), identified by Robinson with
the modern “Kurit-el-Enab,” on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem
and by Conder wit...
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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 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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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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MAHANEH-DAN. camp of Dan (Judges 13:25)....
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_Kiriath-jĕârim_ i.e. _city of woods_; cf. Joshua 9:17 P and 1
Samuel 6:21; 1 Samuel 7:1 f. Eusebius (_Onom_. 109, 27. 271, 40)
places it 9 Roman miles from Jerusalem on the road to Lydda; hence it
is...
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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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MAHANEHDAN] see on Judges 13:25 they then turn northwards....
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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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IN KIRJATH-JEARIM. — Joshua 9:17. The name means “city of
forests.” The modern name is “city of grapes” (_Kuriet el
Enab_). It is nine miles from Jerusalem, on the Jaffa road. Its
original names were...
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וַֽ יַּעֲל֗וּ וַֽ יַּחֲנ֛וּ בְּ
קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִ֖ים...
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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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_Behind, on the west. (Calmet)_...
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Though they seemed to be in earnest in their intended conquest of
Laish, yet we see how slow they moved, that even a second day's march
only brought them as far as the house of Micah....
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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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AND THEY WENT UP AND PITCHED IN KIRJATHJEARIM IN JUDAH,.... Of which
place see Joshua 15:9. According to Bunting a it was sixteen miles
from Zorah and Eshtaol, and this was their first day's march:
W...
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_Mahaneh-dan_ That is, the camp of Dan. _They came unto the house of
Micah_ That is, to the town in which his house was, for they had not
yet entered into it. _Then answered the five men_ That is, the...
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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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And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah, on the
northern boundary of Judah, WHEREFORE THEY CALLED THAT PLACE
MAHANEH-DAN (camp of Dan) UNTO THIS DAY; BEHOLD, IT IS BEHIND
KIRJATH-JEA...
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THE DANITES SEEK A NEW LOCATION...
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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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KIRJATH-JEARIM, called _Kirjath-baal_, JOSHUA 15:60; a city lying in
the northern parts of Judah, in the road to Laish; yet not in the
city, but in the fields belonging to it, as the following words
e...
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Judges 18:12 up H5927 (H8799) encamped H2583 (H8799) Jearim H7157
Judah H3063 call H7121 (H8804) place...
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‘ And they went up and pitched in Kiriath-jearim in Judah, which is
why they called the name of that place Mahaneh-dan to this day.
Behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.'
We came across this place in t...
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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 18:12 KIRIATH-JEARIM, a chief city of the
Gibeonites (Joshua 9:17), was approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest
of Jerusalem. Its precise location is debat
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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 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6; 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Chronicles 1:4;...
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Mahaneh — dan — That is, the camp of Dan....