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Judges 18

Jue. 18:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Inx those days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
there was no king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
in Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
: and in those days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
the tribe
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of the Danites
Daniy (Hebrew #1839)
a Danite (often collectively) or descendants (or inhabitants) of Dan
KJV usage: Danites, of Dan.
Pronounce: daw-nee'
Origin: patronymically from 1835
y sought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
them an inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
to dwell in
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
; for unto that day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
all their inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
had not fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
the tribes
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Jue. 17:6• 6En estos días no había rey en Israel: cada uno hacía como mejor le parecía. (Jue. 17:6)
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Jos. 19:47• 47Y faltóles término á los hijos de Dan; y subieron los hijos de Dan y combatieron á Lesem, y tomándola metiéronla á filo de espada, y la poseyeron, y habitaron en ella; y llamaron á Lesem, Dan, del nombre de Dan su padre. (Jos. 19:47)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance.
3-6:  At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged on their way.
7-10:  They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope.
11-13:  Six hundred men are sent to surprise it.
14-26:  In their way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things.
27-29:  They win Laish, and call it Dan.
30-31:  They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherits the priesthood.
no king.The word {mailech,} which generally means a king, is sometimes taken for a supreme ruler, governor, or judge (see Ge 36:31. De 33:5;) and it is probable it should be so understood here, and in the parallel passages.
Jue. 17:6• 6En estos días no había rey en Israel: cada uno hacía como mejor le parecía. (Jue. 17:6)
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Jue. 19:1• 1En aquellos días, cuando no había rey en Israel, hubo un Levita que moraba como peregrino en los lados del monte de Ephraim, el cual se había tomado mujer concubina de Beth-lehem de Judá. (Jue. 19:1)
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Jue. 21:25• 25En estos días no había rey en Israel: cada uno hacía lo recto delante de sus ojos. (Jue. 21:25)
the tribe.
Jos. 19:40‑48• 40La séptima suerte salió por la tribu de los hijos de Dan por sus familias.
 41Y fué el término de su heredad, Sora, y Estaol, é Ir-semes,
 42Y Saalabín, y Ailón, y Jeth-la,
 43Y Elón, y Timnatha, y Ecrón,
 44Y Eltechê, Gibbethón, y Baalath,
 45Y Jehud, y Bene-berác, y Gath-rimmón,
 46Y Mejarcón, y Raccón, con el término que está delante de Joppa.
 47Y faltóles término á los hijos de Dan; y subieron los hijos de Dan y combatieron á Lesem, y tomándola metiéronla á filo de espada, y la poseyeron, y habitaron en ella; y llamaron á Lesem, Dan, del nombre de Dan su padre.
 48Esta es la heredad de la tribu de los hijos de Dan conforme á sus familias; estas ciudades con sus aldeas. (Jos. 19:40‑48)
for unto.
Jue. 1:34• 34Los Amorrheos apretaron á los hijos de Dan hasta el monte; que no los dejaron descender á la campiña. (Jue. 1:34)
• {v.1-2} Dan had proved himself to be the weakest of the tribes of Israel. Forced into the mountains by the Amorites (chap. 1:34), and lacking the faith to take possession of his inheritance, he sent out five men to reconnoiter, in order to search the portion he still lacked. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: Dan and the Levi: Judges 18” by H.L. Rossier)
• Dan had a battle to fight, a victory to gain in his own boundaries, over the Amorites of the valley; but this combat would have cost him too much; he preferred a conquest without danger, won at the extremity of the land far from the eyes of Jehovah's witnesses and from the place where his real enemy was, who was left without a word in possession of Dan's true inheritance. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: Dan and the Levi: Judges 18” by H.L. Rossier)
• Judges 18 shows that the moral condition, especially of the priest-Levite, was as bad as the religious state. (“Judges 18” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day their lot had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.