Judges 18:30

And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the + 18:30 Gr. land.nation.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and the name of the city was + 18:29 Heb. Ulamaish, or Laish of old.Ulamais before.

31And they set up for themselves the graven image which Michaias made, all the days that the house of God was in Selom; and it was so in those days that there was no king in Israel.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:3and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, his father saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land;—

Leviticus 26:1I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death ye will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you + 31:29 Gr. at the end of the days.in the latter days, because ye will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands.

Judges 17:3And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten image, and now I will restore it to thee.

1 Samuel 4:2And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and + 4:2 Gr. the war.the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:28-31

The Conquest of Laish. ( b. c. 1406.) 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of… Read the whole commentary →

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