Judges 18:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. ”

• Judges 18:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  after the name. Compare Joshua 19 .

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• Judges 18:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. Called the name of the city Dan - This c...

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• Judges 18:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  They called the name of the city Dan— It was situated at the extremity of the north of Judea, though the tribe of Dan had their lot in the south-west. Hence came the common saying afterwards, (when...

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• Judges 18:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. Called the name of the city Dan. I...

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• Judges 18:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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.

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• Judges 18:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They called the name of the city Dan. — Just as the Messenians changed the name Zankle into Messene.

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• Judges 18:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I hasten to close the awful account of this tribe, for nothing can give a more horrible description of their degeneracy, than that as soon as they had conquered Laish, and settled themselves in their...

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• Judges 18:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they called the name of the city Dan ,.... The name of their tribe, and to show that though they were at the furthest part of the land northward, and at such a distance from their tribe, which l...

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• Judges 18:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first. Ver. 29. The name of the city was Lai...

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• Judges 18:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And burned the city with fire Not wholly, but in a great measure, to make their conquest more easy. They built a city Or, rather, repaired and enlarged that which they found there. After the nam...

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• Judges 18:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Conquest of Laish. B. C. 1406.       27 And they took the things which Micah had made,...

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• Judges 18:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  After the name of Dan their father; that it might be manifest that they belonged to the tribe of Dan, though they were seated at a great distance from them, even in the most northerly part of the l...

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• Judges 18:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born in Israel. However, the name of the city was Laish at first.' They renamed the city Dan after the name...

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• Judges 18:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Judges 18:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Priest of Micah Taken to Laish

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• Judges 18:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 12:29 ; 1 Kings 12:30 ; 1 Kings 15:20 ; 2 Samuel 17:11 ; Genesis 14:14 ; Genesis 30:6 ; Genesis 32:28 ; Joshua 19:47 ; Judges 20:1

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• Judges 18:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Of Dan — That it might be manifest, that they belonged to the tribe of Dan, though they were seated at a great distance from them, in the most northerly part of the land; whereas the lot of their t...

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