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Judges 18:19-29

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19 They said to him, "Be silent, 1put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us 2a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"
20 The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and household idols and the graven image and went among the people.
21 Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.
22 When they had gone some distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house assembled and overtook the sons of Dan.
23 They cried to the sons of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, "What is the matter with you, that you have assembled together?"
24 He said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what do I have besides? So how * can you say to me, 'What is the matter with you?' "
25 The sons of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, or else fierce * men will fall upon you and you will lose your life, with the lives of your household."
26 So the sons of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to 3Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire.
28 And there was no one to deliver them, because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley which is near 4Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and lived in it.
29 5They 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 formerly was Laish.
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Judges 18:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 18

This chapter relates how the Danites, being overcrowed in their inheritance, sent out spies to search the land, and see if they could find any proper place to add unto it, and enlarge it, Jud 18:1-6 who returned and reported Laish as such, and encouraged the Danites to go and possess it; for which purpose they sent six hundred men up to it, Jud 18:7-12 and as they went, called at the house of Micah, and took away his priests and his gods, Jud 18:13-27 and having taken Laish, set up Micah's graven image there, Jud 18:28-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

  • 1. Job 21:5; Job 29:9; Job 40:4
  • 2. Judges 17:10
  • 3. Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:7
  • 4. 2 Samuel 10:6
  • 5. Joshua 19:47

Footnotes 4

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