Judges 18:13

Translations

Modern

And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.

Traditional

And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

Literal

And they passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

Latin

Inde transierunt in montem Ephraim. Cumque venissent ad domum Michæ,

Original

Hebrew

English

And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.

Notes

Judges 18:1–31

The migration of the Danites (compare Joshua 19:40–48) shows the tribe's failure to follow God's covenant and reflects Israel's decline. Micah's personal heresy (Judges 17:4–5) grew into the apostasy of the entire tribe (18:30–31). The initial covenant failure (Judges 17:19–36) led to social breakdown during the time of Jephthah and Samson (Judges 11–16). Eventually, law and order gave way to banditry and pillaging (Judges 18:27–28).

Judges 17:1–21:25

These two epilogues (Judges 17–18 and 19–21) show that inspired but unstructured leadership cannot last. As society moved toward chaos and civil war, the phrase, In those days there was no king in Israel appears four times. The phrase, everyone did what was right in his own eyes is added twice (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). The era of inspired leadership declined and ended in disorder. Something important was missing.

Theme notes and profiles

Social Chaos in Judges

Related verses

Joshua 24:30
And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Judges 19:1
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 18:2–3
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
Joshua 24:33
Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
Judges 17:1
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Micah: A man from Ephraim who set up idolatrous worship

Glossary

Allotment of the Land Eshtaol Idols, Idolatry Jeroboam Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Laish (Place) Micah (Person) Priests and Levites Travel Tribe of Dan

Topics

Jonathan: A Levite of Bethlehem, Who Becomes a Priest for Micah the Tribe of Dan: A Part of Tool Laish and Called It Dan

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