士師記 18:1-2 JC

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 18:1

Jdg 18:1 In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. Ver. 1. There was no king. ] See Judges 17:6 . All their inheritance had not fallen unto them. ] Because the Amorites were too hard for them, and detained it. See Judges 1:34 , with Joshua 19:47 , where this expedition is briefly set down, by anticipation. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 18:2

Jdg 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. Ver. 2. To the house of Micah, they lodged there. ] He was a wealthy man, it seems, and gave them entertainment. But what a rich man was Pythias, who could entertain a million of men, even Xerxes’s whole... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 18:1

no king: The word mailech, which generally means a king, is sometimes taken for a supreme ruler, governor, or judge - see note on Genesis 36:31, and see note on Deuteronomy 33:5, and it is probable it should be so understood here, and in the parallel passages. Judges 17:6, Judges 19:1, Judges 21:25 the tribe: Joshua 19:40-Galatians : for unto: Judges 1:34 Reciprocal: Genesis 49:16 - General Joshua 19:47 - the coast Judges 18:28 - far from Mark 14:26 - hymn read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 18:2

men: Heb. sons Zorah: Judges 18:8, Judges 18:11, Judges 13:2, Judges 13:25, Judges 16:31, Genesis 42:9, Joshua 19:41 to spy: Numbers 13:17, Joshua 2:1, Proverbs 20:18, Luke 14:31 mount: Judges 17:1, Judges 19:1, Judges 19:18, Joshua 17:15-Job : Reciprocal: Genesis 49:16 - General Judges 1:23 - sent Judges 18:13 - mount Ephraim Judges 18:17 - five men 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 18:1

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.Those days — Not long after Joshua's death.The tribe — A part of that tribe, consisting only of six hundred men of war, with their families, verse16,21.Inheritance — The lot had fallen to them before this time, but not the actual possession, because the Philistines and Amorites... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 18:2

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.There — Not in the same house, but near it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 18:1

THE DANITE CONQUESTS IN THE NORTH, Judges 18:1-31. 1. The Danites sought them an inheritance The Danites were the last of the tribes to receive their portion of the Promised Land, but, according to Joshua 19:47, their coast “went out too little for them.” Their lot fell in the rich and fertile plain of northern Philistia. but, according to Judges 1:34, “the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain; for they would not suffer them to come down into the valley.” Being thus shut... read more