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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 LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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_What say ye?_ A verb is wanted, such as the EV. supplies; perhaps
_what did ye find?_or _see?_would be better. Moore ingeniously, on the
basis of the LXX, _what do ye bring back?_...
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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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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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וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶל ־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם צָרְעָ֖ה
וְ אֶשׁ
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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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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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AND THEY CAME UNTO THEIR BRETHREN TO ZORAH AND ESHTAOL,.... After they
had well viewed the city, and made their remarks on the inhabitants of
it, the condition and circumstances in which they were, an...
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And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their
brethren said unto them, What [say] ye?
Ver. 8. _What say ye?_] _Quid vos?_ So hasty they were to hear the
news, that they utter impe...
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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, the spies, CAME UNTO THEIR BRETHREN TO ZORAH AND ESHTAOL,
they returned with their report; AND THEIR BRETHREN SAID UNTO THEM,
WHAT SAY YE?...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 18:8 came H935 (H8799) brethren H251 Zorah H6881 Eshtaol H847
brethren H251 said H559 (H8799)
Zorah a
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‘ And they came to their brothers, to Zorah and Eshtaol, and their
brothers said to them, “What have you to report?”
Having surveyed Laish and recognised that it was just what they were
looking for 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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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...