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Selected Verse: Judges 18:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 18:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And the children [01121] of Dan [01835] sent [07971] of their family [04940] five [02568] men [0582] from their coasts [07098], men [01121] of valour [02428], from Zorah [06881], and from Eshtaol [0847], to spy [07270] out the land [0776], and to search [02713] it; and they said [0559] unto them, Go [03212], search [02713] the land [0776]: who when they came [0935] to mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], to the house [01004] of Micah [04318], they lodged [03885] there. |
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King James |
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 the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This identity of locality with the scene of Samson's birth and death indicates that both narratives are drawn from the same source, probably the annals of the tribe of Dan. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| To spy out and explore the land for the object mentioned, the Danites sent out five brave men "out of their (the Danites') ends," i.e., from their whole body (vid., Kg1 12:31; Kg1 13:33, and the commentary on Gen 19:4). They came up to the mountains of Ephraim, and as far as Micah's house, where they passed the night. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| There - Not in the same house, but near it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Five men - men of valor - The Hebrew word חיל chayil has been applied to personal prowess, to mental energy, and to earthly possessions. They sent those in whose courage, judgment, and prudence, they could safely confide. |
4 But before they lay down [07901], the men [0582] of the city [05892], even the men [0582] of Sodom [05467], compassed [05437] the house [01004] round [05437], both old [02205] and young [05288], all the people [05971] from every quarter [07097]:
33 After [0310] this thing [01697] Jeroboam [03379] returned [07725] not from his evil [07451] way [01870], but made [06213] again [07725] of the lowest [07098] of the people [05971] priests [03548] of the high places [01116]: whosoever would [02655], he consecrated [04390] [03027] him, and he became one of the priests [03548] of the high places [01116].
31 And he made [06213] an house [01004] of high places [01116], and made [06213] priests [03548] of the lowest [07098] of the people [05971], which were not of the sons [01121] of Levi [03878].