Judges 18:1-31
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THEIR COASTS] RV 'from their whole number.' For ZORAH and ESHTAOL see on Judges 13:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY KNEW] They recognised him as a Levite from the prayers he was saying. MAKEST] RV 'doest.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE LORD] i.e. under Jehovah's care.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAISH] In Joshua 19:47 the name appears as Leshem. Later on it was called Dan, from its new inhabitants (cp. Judges 18:29, and chapter Judges 20:1). It lay near Lebanon and the sources of the Jordan in the extreme N. of Palestine, and was about 40 m. from Sidon, the famous commercial city on the sea... [ Continue Reading ]
SECURE] as always in AV,' free from care or apprehension.' 11-31. The Danite Expedition to Laish.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIX HUNDRED MEN] cp. Judges 20:47 a very small number when compared with those given in Judges 20:15; Judges 20:17 or Judges 15:15; Judges 16:27. Yet it would seem that the larger part of the tribe went northwards. APPOINTED] RV 'girt.'... [ Continue Reading ]
MAHANEHDAN] see on Judges 13:25 they then turn northwards.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GATE] of the village. 17. An amplification of Judges 18:15 farther repeated in Judges 18:18. Here and in Judges 18:18 'graven image' and 'molten image' are understood as two distinct objects. In Judges 18:20; Judges 18:30 the 'molten image' is left unmentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Judges 17:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 was common, as excavations at Gezer and Lachish have made clear. BETH-REHOB] unknown.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL] Jacob: see Genesis 35:10. 30. The possession of this image was evidently an important thing. JONATHAN] This must refer to the young Levite, who has been hitherto unnamed, unless his name has dropped out of the text previously. MANASSEH] RV 'Moses.' This, the true text, was altered in later... [ Continue Reading ]
IN SHILOH] NE. of Bethel, where the ark was kept in the 'house of God' (1 Samuel 1-4). The destruction of this 'house' is mentioned in Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 26:9. Possibly it was destroyed by the Philistines. In 1 Samuel 22:11 the priesthood settled formerly at Shiloh appears at Nob.... [ Continue Reading ]