Judges 18:31

31 So they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he had made, all the time that the ¹house 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 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.

30 The sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

31 So they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 18:1