Jueces 18:1

Listen to Jueces 18:1
1 IdolatrĂ­a en la tribu de Dan
En esos dĂ­as, Israel no tenĂ­a rey. Y la tribu de Dan buscaba un lugar donde establecerse, porque aĂșn no habĂ­a entrado en el territorio que se le habĂ­a asignado cuando se hizo la divisiĂłn de la tierra 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 ) .

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Jueces 18:1 In-Context

1 IdolatrĂ­a en la tribu de Dan
En esos dĂ­as, Israel no tenĂ­a rey. Y la tribu de Dan buscaba un lugar donde establecerse, porque aĂșn no habĂ­a entrado en el territorio que se le habĂ­a asignado cuando se hizo la divisiĂłn de la tierra entre las tribus de Israel.
2 AsĂ­ que los hombres de Dan escogieron de entre sus clanes a cinco guerreros competentes de las ciudades de Zora y Estaol para que exploraran algĂșn territorio donde la tribu pudiera establecerse.
Cuando los guerreros llegaron a la zona montañosa de Efraín, entraron en la casa de Micaía y allí pasaron la noche.
3 Estando en la casa de MicaĂ­a, reconocieron el acento del joven levita, asĂ­ que se le acercaron y le preguntaron:
—¿QuiĂ©n te trajo aquĂ­? ÂżQuĂ© haces en este lugar? ÂżPor quĂ© estĂĄs aquĂ­?
4 Él les contó de su acuerdo con Micaía, quien lo había contratado como su sacerdote personal.
5 Entonces ellos dijeron:
—PregĂșntale a Dios si nuestro viaje tendrĂĄ Ă©xito.
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