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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Judges 18:29

Verse Judges 18:29. Called the name of the city Dan] This city was afterwards very remarkable as one of the extremities of the promised land. The extent of the Jewish territories was generally expressed by the phrase, From DAN to BEER-SHEBA; that is, From the most northern to the southern extremity.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AFTER THE NAME. Compare Joshua 19....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _howbeit … at the first_ The same formula in Genesis 28:19 E; here evidently an editorial, later addition, together with _who was born unto Israel_....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THE CITY DAN— It was situated at the extremity of the north of Judea, though the tribe of Dan had their lot in the south-west. Hence came the common saying afterwards, (when th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THE CITY DAN, AFTER THE NAME OF DAN THEIR FATHER, WHO WAS BORN UNTO ISRAEL: HOWBEIT THE NAME OF THE CITY WAS LAISH AT THE FIRST._ Called the name of the city Dan. It was...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 d...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THE CITY DAN. — Just as the Messenians changed the name Zankle into Messene....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְרְא֤וּ שֵׁם ־הָ עִיר֙ דָּ֔ן בְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lais. Hebrew Ulam Layish, as the Septuagint express it. (Calmet) --- But the former term is explained by the Alexandrian and other copies in the sense of the Vulgate, before. (Haydock) --- Dan is oft...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THE CITY DAN,.... The name of their tribe, and to show that though they were at the furthest part of the land northward, and at such a distance from their tribe, which lay...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first. Ver. 29. _The name of the city was Laish...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan, their father, their progenitor, WHO WAS BORN UNTO ISRAEL; HOWBEIT THE NAME OF THE CITY WAS LAISH, or Leshem, Joshua 19:47, AT THE FIRST...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PRIEST OF MICAH TAKEN TO LAISH...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AFTER THE NAME OF DAN THEIR FATHER; that it might be manifest that they belonged to the tribe of Dan, though they were seated at a great distance from them, even in the most northerly part of the land...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 18:29 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 city H5892 Dan H1835 name H8034 Dan H1835 father H1 born...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born in Israel. However, the name of the city was Laish at first.' They renamed the city Dan after the name of J...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 12:29; 1 Kings 12:30; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Samuel 17:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of Dan — That it might be manifest, that they belonged to the tribe of Dan, though they were seated at a great distance from them, in the most northerly part of the land; whereas the lot of their trib...

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