Judges 18:31

31 So they maintained as their own Micah's idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.

Judges 18:31 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 18:31

And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made
Which is repeated for the sake of the time of its continuance next expressed:

all the time the house of God was in Shiloh;
which, according to some Jewish writers ^F7, was three hundred and sixty years; that is, so long as the tabernacle was there, which was afterwards removed to Nob.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 14. sect. 6. & Bartenora in ib. sect. 7.

Judges 18:31 In-Context

29 They named the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was formerly Laish.

30 Then the Danites set up the idol for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the time the land went into captivity.

31 So they maintained as their own Micah's idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.