士師記 18:1-2 JC

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 18:2

children = sons. coasts = borders. men of valour = sons of valour. mount = hill country of. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 18:1

MIGRATION OF DAN AND THEIR APOSTASYThe significance of this chapter is very great. "In the Danite migration, the apostasy of Micah was expanded to the tribal heresy of Dan, and the establishment of a Danite city (and its illegal shrine) in the northern border of Israel provided the framework for the apostasy of the entire Northern Israel under Jeroboam I, whose idolatrous golden calves were no doubt welcomed in Dan."[1] Furthermore, that renegade Levite, Jonathan, a grandson or great-grandson... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 18:1

CHAP. XVIII. The Danites seek an inheritance, and in the journey enter into the house of Micah, and carry off his image and his priest: they take the city Laish, which they burn, build another in its place, and set up there Micah's graven image. Before Christ 1426. Judges 18:1. In those days there was no king in Israel— The exact period here referred to is uncertain; but it is generally supposed to have been before there was a judge in Israel, between the death of Joshua and the elders who... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 18:1

1-6. In those days . . . the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in—The Danites had a territory assigned them as well as the other tribes. But either through indolence, or a lack of energy, they did not acquire the full possession of their allotment, but suffered a considerable portion of it to be wrested out of their hands by the encroachments of their powerful neighbors, the Philistines. In consequence, being straitened for room, a considerable number resolved on trying to effect a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 18:1-6

The messengers from Dan 18:1-6This chapter begins with another reference to the fact that there was no king in Israel then (cf. Judges 17:6). The writer reminded us again that the Israelites were living unrestrained lives. Abundant evidence of this follows in chapter 18."The nation needs no king to lead them in battle or into apostasy. They will do both on their own." [Note: Block, Judges . . ., p. 491.] In Judges 18:1 the NASB and NIV translators have implied that the following incident... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 18:1-31

2. The apostasy of the Danites ch. 18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 18:1-31

The Danites go in Quest of an Inheritance. They rob Micah of his Images, capture and settle in Laish, and set up Idol-Worship there1-10. The Danite Spies.2. From their coasts] RV ’from their whole number.’ For Zorah and Eshtaol see on Judges 13:25. 3. They knew] They recognised him as a Levite from the prayers he was saying.Makest] RV ’doest.’6. Before the lord] i.e. under Jehovah’s care. 7. Laish] In Joshua 19:47 the name appears as Leshem. Later on it was called Dan, from its new inhabitants... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 18:1

(1) In those days . . .—The repetition of the phrase does not necessarily prove the use of different documents. It may only emphasise the reason for the occurrence of such disorders and irregularities.The tribe.—Shebet sometimes means a whole tribe, and sometimes apparently the division of a tribe (Judges 20:12).The tribe of the Danites.—There seems to be a difference between “tribe of Dan” (Shebet Dan) and “tribesmen of the Danites” (Shebet had-Dani). In Judges 18:11 they are called Mishpecath... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 18:2

(2) From their coasts.—Literally, their ends (Genesis 19:4; 1 Kings 12:31). Some explain it to mean “from their whole number.”Men of valour.—Literally, sons of force (Judges 21:10).To spy out the land.—As in Joshua 2:1.They came to mount Ephraim.—It would have been an easier journey to pass along the Shephelah, but that was mainly in the hands of the original inhabitants.To the house of Micah.—There is no necessity for the supposition that they did not actually lodge in the house, or, at any... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Judges 18:1-31

Judges 18:3 'It, is a vain thought,' says Dinah Morris in Adam Bede, 'to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing to our own souls, as if we could choose for ourselves where we shall find the fullness of the Divine Presence, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found, in loving obedience.' Judges 18:7 A man's own safety is a god that sometimes makes very grim demands. George Eliot. Security, as commonly understood, is the state in which one... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 18:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 18:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 18:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 18:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 18:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 18:1-31

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 18:1-31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 18:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 18:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Judges 18:1-31

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