And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Ver. 30. And the children of Dan set up the graven image.] Animated, doubtless, by their good success against Laish, foretold them by that oracle. See 2 Thessalonians 2:10. See Trapp on " 2Th 2:10 "
And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh.] Of Moses by nature, but of Manasseh that notorious idolater, by imitation: In accuratissimis libris Nun in "Manasseh" suspensum est supra alias literas, saith learned Buxtorf. a To save the honour of Moses; lest it should reflect upon so good a man to have so bad a grandson, as would rather have beseemed Manasseh than Moses. Manasseh is written in the Hebrew here with Nun elevated above the other letters, and this mark, o, upon the top, and a note in the margin. Hebrew Text Note
Until the day of the captivity of the land,] viz., By the Philistines, when the ark was taken. 1Sa 4:10-11 Compare Psalms 78:60,62; Psalms 78:66 .
a In signum eam adesse vel abesse posse ut sit et filius משׁה et מנשׁה, istius prosapia, huius imitatione. - Buxtorf.