Jueces 18:1

1 En aquellos días no había rey en Israel. Y por aquel tiempo la tribu de los danitas buscaba para sí una heredad donde habitar, porque hasta entonces ésta no se le había asignado como posesión entre las tribus de Israel.

Jueces 18:1 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 18:1

In those days there was no king in Israel
No supreme magistrate, no judge, for it was before the time of the judges, after the death of Joshua and before Othniel the first judge; this is observed before, ( Judges 17:6 ) and here repeated to account for the evil things done by the Danites, their consulting Micah's oracle, taking away his priest and his gods, and setting up his graven image in Dan, by which means idolatry was spread in Israel, and brought on their servitude to Chushanrishathaim, from which Othniel the first judge was their deliverer:

and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance
to dwell in;
that is, a family of them, as in the next verse, not the whole tribe; for as a family is sometimes put for a tribe, ( Joshua 7:17 ) so a tribe for a family, ( Judges 20:12 )

for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen to them among
the tribes of Israel:
we rightly supply the words "all their"; for otherwise an inheritance had fallen to them by lot, as the other tribes. ( Joshua 19:40 ) , but that was not only too little for them, ( Joshua 19:47 ) but all that was allotted to them did not come into their possession, but a part remained unsubdued; and some they had possession of they could not keep, either through the superior strength of the Amorites, or their own sloth and cowardice, or for want of the help of their brethren; see ( Judges 1:34 Judges 1:35 ) .

Jueces 18:1 In-Context

1 En aquellos días no había rey en Israel. Y por aquel tiempo la tribu de los danitas buscaba para sí una heredad donde habitar, porque hasta entonces ésta no se le había asignado como posesión entre las tribus de Israel.

2 Y los hijos de Dan enviaron de su tribu, de entre todos ellos, a cinco hombres, hombres valientes de Zora y Estaol, a reconocer la tierra y explorarla; y les dijeron: Id, explorad la tierra. Y llegaron a la región montañosa de Efraín, a la casa de Micaía, y se hospedaron allí.

3 Cuando estaban cerca de la casa de Micaía, reconocieron la voz del joven levita; y llegándose allá, le dijeron: ¿Quién te trajo aquí? ¿Qué estás haciendo en este lugar y qué tienes aquí?

4 Y él les dijo: Así y de esta manera me ha hecho Micaía, me ha tomado a sueldo y ahora soy su sacerdote.

5 Y le dijeron: Te rogamos que consultes a Dios para saber si el camino en que vamos será próspero.