Hakim-hakim 18:1

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Pada zaman itu tidak ada raja di antara orang Israel dan pada zaman itu suku Dan sedang mencari milik pusaka untuk menetap, sebab sampai hari itu mereka belum juga mendapat bagian milik pusaka di tengah-tengah suku-suku Israel.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Pada zaman itu tidak ada raja di antara orang Israel dan pada zaman itu suku Dan sedang mencari milik pusaka untuk menetap, sebab sampai hari itu mereka belum juga mendapat bagian milik pusaka di tengah-tengah suku-suku Israel.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Hata, maka pada zaman itu tiadalah raja pada orang Israelpun dan pada zaman itu juga dicaharilah oleh bangsa orang Dan akan suatu tanah milik, hendak mendudukinya, karena sampai kepada hari itu belum diperolehnya tanah milik pusaka di antara segala suku bangsa Israel.

Contextual Overview

¹ In those dayes there was no kyng in Israel, and in those dayes the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritaunce to dwell in: For vnto that tyme all their inheritaunce had not fallen vnto them among the tribe of Israel. ² And the children of Dan sent of their kynred fyue actiue men in feates of warre out of their coastes, euen out of Zaraah & Esthaol, to viewe the lande and searche it out, and sayde vnto them: Go, and searche out the lande. Which whan they came to mount Ephraim, euen to the house of Micah, they lodged there. ³ And when they were in the house of Micah, they knewe the voyce of the young man the Leuite: And when they turned in thyther, they sayde vnto him: Who brought thee thyther? What makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? ⁴ And he aunswered them: Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hyred me, and I am become his priest. ⁵ And they sayd vnto hym agayne: Aske counsell now of God, that we may knowe whether the way which we go shalbe prousperous, or no. ⁶ And the priest sayde vnto them: Go in peace, for the Lorde guydeth your way which ye go.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 19:40-48

for unto: Judges 1:34

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:16 - General Joshua 19:47 - the coast Judges 18:28 - far from Mark 14:26 - hymn

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And the Lorde appearyng vnto Abram, sayd, Unto thy seede wyl I geue this lande: And there buylded he an aulter vnto the Lorde whiche appeared vnto hym.

Genesis 15:1
After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde.

Genesis 17:22
And he left of talkyng with hym, and departed vp from Abraham.

Genesis 18:1
And the Lorde appeared vnto hym in the playne of Mamre, and he sate in his tent doore in the heate of the day.

Genesis 18:3
And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.

Genesis 26:2
And the Lorde appeared vnto hym, and sayde: Go not downe into Egypt, [but] abyde in the lande whiche I shall shewe vnto thee.

Genesis 48:3
And Iacob sayd vnto Ioseph: God almyghtie appeared vnto me at Luz in the lande of Chanaan, and blessed me, and sayde vnto me:

Exodus 4:1
Moyses aunswered, and said: See, they wyll not beleue me, nor harken vnto my voyce: but wyll saye, The Lorde hath not appeared vnto thee.

2 Chronicles 1:7
And the same night did God appeare vnto Solomon, and said vnto him: Aske what I shall geue thee.

Acts 7:2
And he said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel,.... No supreme magistrate, no judge, for it was before the time of the judges, after the death of Joshua and before Othniel the first judge; this is observed before, Judges 17:6 and here repeated to account for the evil things done by the Danites, their consulting Micah's oracle, taking away his priest and his gods, and setting up his graven image in Dan, by which means idolatry was spread in Israel, and brought on their servitude to Chushanrishathaim, from which Othniel the first judge was their deliverer:

and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; that is, a family of them, as in the next verse, not the whole tribe; for as a family is sometimes put for a tribe, Joshua 7:17 so a tribe for a family, Judges 20:12

for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel: we rightly supply the words "all their"; for otherwise an inheritance had fallen to them by lot, as the other tribes. Joshua 19:40, but that was not only too little for them,

Joshua 19:47 but all that was allotted to them did not come into their possession, but a part remained unsubdued; and some they had possession of they could not keep, either through the superior strength of the Amorites, or their own sloth and cowardice, or for want of the help of their brethren; see Judges 1:34.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVIII

Some Danites, seeking an inheritance, send five men to search

the land, who arrive at the house of Micah, 1, 2.

They employ the Levite, who served to his house as priest, to

ask counsel for them of God, 3-5.

He inquires, and promises them success, 6.

They depart, and go to Laish, and find the inhabitants secure,

7.

They return to their brethren, and encourage them to attempt

the conquest of the place, 8-10.

They send six hundred men, who, coming to the place where Micah

dwelt, enter the house, and carry off the priest and his

consecrated things, 11-21.

Micah and his friends pursue them; but, being threatened, are

obliged to return, 22-26.

The Danites come to Laish, and smite it, and build a city there,

which they call Dan, 27-29.

They make the Levite their priest, and set up the images at this

new city, 30, 31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII

Verse Judges 18:1. There was no king in Israel — See Judges 17:6. The circumstances related here show that this must have happened about the time of the preceding transactions.

The tribe of the Danites — That is, a part of this tribe; some families of it.

All their inheritance — That is, they had not got an extent of country sufficient for them. Some families were still unprovided for, or had not sufficient territory; for we find from Joshua 19:40, &c., that, although the tribe of Dan did receive their inheritance with the rest of the tribes of Israel, yet their coasts went out too little for them, and they went and fought against LESHEM, (called here Laish,) and took it, &c. This circumstance is marked here more particularly than in the book of Joshua. See on Joshua 19:47.