Judges 18:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. ”

Judges 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sight of the ephod and teraphim suggested the notion of inquiring of God.
Judges 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Danite Scouts at the House of Micah. This chapter is of great value as an illustration of the mode in which an Israelitish tribe found a settlement in the country. We are taken back almost to t...
Judges 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ask counsel. By the use of the ephod. See Judges 17:6 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. Not Jehovah. App-4.
Judges 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. Ask counsel - of God - As the Danites use the word אלהים Elohim here for G...
Judges 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They said unto him, ask counsel, we pray thee, of God— These two verses prove, what we have before observed on the 5th verse of the foregoing chapter, that this sanctuary of Micah was dedicated to...
Judges 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Judges 18:5 - 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.
Judges 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ask counsel... of God. — Doubtless Jonathan showed them the glittering ephod. There were no prophets of whom to inquire, as in 1 Kings 22:5 ; but their unauthorised inquiry was liable to the stron...
Judges 18:5 - 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...
Judges 18:5 - 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...
Judges 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And still advancing in iniquity, instead of recommending them to the God of their fathers, to give them the pretended oracle of a god of silver! Was there no God in Israel, that they should enquire o...
Judges 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said unto him, ask counsel, we pray thee, of God ,.... They did not reprove him for assuming the priestly office, when they knew he was a Levite, such was the corruption of those times, and...
Judges 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. Ver. 5. Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. ] Videntur non minus leves...
Judges 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They lodged there Not in the same house, but near it. They knew the voice of the young man Having been acquainted with him before he came to live with Micah. Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God B...
Judges 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expedition of the Danites. B. C. 1406. 1 In those days there was no king in Israel...
Judges 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, to wit, by thine ephod, or teraphim, or images, which they knew he had, Judges 18:14 .
Judges 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they said to him, “Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way in which we go will be prosperous.” ' When they heard what his position was they asked him to make enqu...
Judges 18:5 - 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...
Judges 18:5 - 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...
Judges 18:5 - 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...
Judges 18:5 - 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...
Judges 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Danites Seek a New Location
Judges 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:5 ; 2 Kings 16:15 ; Acts 8:10 ; Ezekiel 21:21 ; Hosea 4:12 ; Isaiah 30:1 ; Judges 17:13 ; Judges 17:5 ; Judges 18:14
Judges 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ask — By thine Ephod, and Teraphim, or images, which they knew he had, Judges 18:14 .

Judges 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 18:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes