Verse 1

Judges 18:1

Darby Translation

1 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּ/בַ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵ֗ם שֵׁ֣בֶט הַ/דָּנִ֞י מְבַקֶּשׁ ל֤/וֹ נַֽחֲלָה֙ לָ/שֶׁ֔בֶת כִּי֩ לֹֽא נָ֨פְלָה לּ֜/וֹ עַד הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/ה֛וּא בְּ/תוֹךְ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּ/נַחֲלָֽה
English Translation
In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself a possession to dwell in, for it had not fallen to it until that day among the tribes of Israel by heritage.
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Chapter 18 Context
1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for the...
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zor... Focus ↗
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they tur... Focus ↗
4 And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest. Focus ↗
5 And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God (Elohim), that we may know whether our way on wh... Focus ↗
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go. Focus ↗
7 And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling se... Focus ↗
8 And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] y... Focus ↗
9 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is ve... Focus ↗
10 When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for Go... Focus ↗
11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundr... Focus ↗
12 And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Da... Focus ↗
13 And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. Focus ↗
14 Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do... Focus ↗
15 And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and... Focus ↗
16 And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entra... Focus ↗
17 And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the grave... Focus ↗
18 And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the m... Focus ↗
19 And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a fa... Focus ↗
20 Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and... Focus ↗
21 And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them. Focus ↗
22 They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's... Focus ↗
23 And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth t... Focus ↗
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what... Focus ↗
25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated sp... Focus ↗
26 And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turn... Focus ↗
27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a... Focus ↗
28 And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; an... Focus ↗
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel... Focus ↗
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Mose... Focus ↗
31 And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house... Focus ↗