“ And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. ”
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...
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-je'arim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-je'arim. No JFB commentary on these verses....
The Danites go in Quest of an Inheritance. They rob Micah of his Images, capture and settle in Laish, and set up Idol-Worship there 1-10. The Danite Spies.
Unto the house of Micah. — Probably the precincts of the new sanctuary gave their name to a sort of village — Beth-Micah.
THE STOLEN GODS Judges 17:1-13 , Judges 18:1-31 THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with that wh...
The account of the backsliding of individuals is followed by an illustration of its widespread existence among the people. While seeking new territory the Danites found Micah and the condition of thi...
Though they seemed to be in earnest in their intended conquest of Laish, yet we see how slow they moved, that even a second day's march only brought them as far as the house of Micah.
And they passed thence unto Mount Ephraim ,.... Steering their coast still northward; this, according to Bunting b, was eight miles from Kirjathjearim, or Mahanehdan, in which Micah's house was, for...
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. Ver. 13. And came unto the house of Micah. ] Whom the five spies ill requited for his former hospitality and courtesy...
Mahaneh-dan That is, the camp of Dan. They came unto the house of Micah That is, to the town in which his house was, for they had not yet entered into it. Then answered the five men That is, th...
SPIES SENT FROM DAN TO SEEK PROPERTY (vv. 1-10) At that time, though the tribe of Dan had been allotted territory west of Benjamin, bordering the Mediterranean Sea ( Joshua 19:40-48 ), yet this...
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magis...
i.e. To the town in which his house was, for they were not yet entered into it.
‘ And they passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.' Coming to the house of Micah was no doubt by deliberate design of the five guides. But this was a bre...
THE IMAGE WORSHIP EXPANDING INTO TRIBAL IDOLATRY HOMILETICS I. The straits to which unbelief reduces the strong. Judges 18:1 . “The tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in.” Not t...
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...
The Danites sought them an inheritance . .. They set them up Micah’s graven image. The image-worship expanding into tribal idolatry I. The straits to which unbelief reduces the strong ( Judg...
EXPOSITION Judges 18:1 In those days , etc. See Judges 17:6 . The tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance , etc. This does not mean that the whole tribe of Dan were still seeking...
And they passed thence unto Mount Ephraim, along the way taken by the spies, and came unto the house of Micah.
Joshua 24:30 ; Joshua 24:33 ; Judges 17:1 ; Judges 18:2 ; Judges 18:3 ; Judges 19:1
To the house — That is, to the town in which his house was, for they were not yet entered into it.