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Verse Judges 18:28. THERE WAS _NO DELIVERER_] They had no succour,
because the Sidonians, from whom they might have expected it, were at
too great a _distance_....
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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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BUSINESS. dealings....
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See on Judges 18:7. The city was too far off from the suzerain power
to obtain any help; and as no alliances had been made with the Syrians
(again reading _Aram_for _adam_= -any man"), there were no f...
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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 THERE WAS NO DELIVERER, BECAUSE IT WAS FAR FROM ZIDON, AND THEY
HAD NO BUSINESS WITH ANY MAN; AND IT WAS IN THE VALLEY THAT LIETH BY
BETHREHOB. AND THEY BUILT A CITY, AND DWELT THEREIN._
Built a...
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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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IN THE VALLEY THAT LIETH BY BETH-REHOB. — At the foot of the lowest
range of Lebanon, and at the sources of the Jordan (Numbers 13:21),
north of Lake Huleh. It is probably the Rehob of Judges 1:31; Jo...
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וְ אֵ֨ין מַצִּ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחֹוקָה
־הִ֣יא מִ
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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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The people of Dan took the things that had belonged to Micah and went
on to Laish. They defeated the people with the sword and burned their
city which lay in the valley which was the source of the Jor...
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_Rohob, which stood at the foot of Libanus. The vale belonging to this
city, extended for about twenty miles._...
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I hasten to close the awful account of this tribe, for nothing can
give a more horrible description of their degeneracy, than that as
soon as they had conquered Laish, and settled themselves in their...
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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 THERE WAS NO DELIVERER, BECAUSE IT WAS FAR FROM ZIDON,.... Under
whose government and protection they seem to have been; and that city
being at a distance from them, and the Danites coming upon th...
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_And [there was] no deliverer, because it [was] far from Zidon, and
they had no business with [any] man; and it was in the valley that
[lieth] by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein._...
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_And burned the city with fire_ Not wholly, but in a great measure, to
make their conquest more easy. _They built a city_ Or, rather,
repaired and enlarged that which they found there. _After the name...
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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 there was no deliverer, as the spies had rightly reported, BECAUSE
IT WAS FAR FROM ZIDON, AND THEY HAD NO BUSINESS WITH ANY MAN; AND IT
WAS IN THE VALLEY THAT LIETH BY BETH-REHOB, extending to tha...
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THE PRIEST OF MICAH TAKEN TO LAISH...
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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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BETH-REHOB; a place near Libanus and Hamath; of which see NUMBERS
13:21 JOSHUA 19:28, JOSHUA 21:31 JUDGES 1:31....
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Judges 18:28 deliverer H5337 (H8688) far H7350 Sidon H6721 ties H1697
anyone H120 valley H6010 Rehob H1050 rebuilt...
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Judges 18:27 a
‘And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which
he had had, and came to Laish, to a people who were quiet and secure,
and smote them with the edge of the sword. An...
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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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2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 14:6; Daniel 3:15; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 23:4
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And they built a city — That is, rebuilt it....