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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 18:1-31

Judges 17-18. This section is the first of two supplements. It explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the naî veté of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not a few places the text has evidently been tampered with by scribes, who took offence at practices which were from a later point of view irregular. The events in question must have occurred before the time of Deborah ( Judges 5:17). read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 18:1-31

THE IMAGE WORSHIP EXPANDING INTO TRIBAL IDOLATRYHOMILETICSI. The straits to which unbelief reduces the strong. Judges 18:1.“The tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in.” Not that they had had no inheritance till now. When a distribution was made of the land by Joshua, a considerable territory was allotted to the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:40-47). The other tribes, having received their proportion first, a small area comparatively was left for this tribe. But Judah gave up to them... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 18:1-31

Chapter 18Now that is setting the stage for the rest of this story. You got now this Levite, young kid from Bethlehem as a professional religious priest, personal priest of Micah in his house.Now, in those days there was no king in Israel: and the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in ( Judges 18:1 );For they were unable to drive the Philistines out of that territory of Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza and that beautiful valley area. And they were only, at this point, occupied a small... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 18:1-31

Judges 18:1 . Inheritance had not fallen to them. Dan had the seventh lot, but not enough for all his families. Judges 18:5 . Ask counsel of God. Here was another total breach, both with God’s sanctuary and with the highpriest, whose right it was to consult the oracle. We marvel that Micah, cursed by his mother for sacrilege, should by some be washed white, and made a pure worshipper of the true God! Judges 18:6 . Go in peace. The young levite either gave this answer, or the devil... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 18:1-31

Judges 18:1-31The Danites sought them an inheritance . . . They set them up Micah’s graven image.The image-worship expanding into tribal idolatryI. The straits to which unbelief reduces the strong (Judges 18:1).II. Discontent with a divinely-marked lot leads to evil (Judges 18:2).III. Trifling circumstances often lead to the discovery of sinful schemes (Judges 18:3).IV. Silent neglect at first, leads afterwards to open rejection of God’s ordinances (Judges 18:5).V. The most inoffensive people... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 18:4

Jdg 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. Ver. 4. And hath hired me, aud I am his priest. ] He should have been ashamed to tell them thus, since it was directly against God’s word that he had done. But sin had added an impudency in his face, &c. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 18:4

hired me: Judges 17:10, Proverbs 28:21, Isaiah 56:11, Ezekiel 13:19, Hosea 4:8, Hosea 4:9, Malachi 1:10, John 10:12, John 10:13, Acts 8:18-Ecclesiastes :, Acts 20:33, 1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:11, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:15 Reciprocal: Judges 18:14 - in these 2 Samuel 20:21 - his head read more