Judges 18:17

And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
five	חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת cha.Me.shet	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular construct
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
went	הַהֹלְכִים֮ ha.ho.le.Khim	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
out	לְרַגֵּ֣ל le.ra.Gel	H7270	to walk along · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
land	הָאָרֶץ֒ ha.'a.Retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
up	וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
in	בָּ֣אוּ Ba.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
took	לָקְח֗וּ la.ke.Chu	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
image	הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ ha.Pe.sel	H6459	an idol · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ephod	הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד ha.'e.Fod	H646	a girdle · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
teraphim	הַתְּרָפִ֖ים ha.te.ra.Fim	H8655	Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
image	הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה ha.ma.se.Khah	H4541	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
priest	וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן ve.ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
stood	נִצָּב֙ ni.Tzav	H5324	to station · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
entering	פֶּ֣תַח Pe.tach	H6607	an opening (literally) · noun, common masculine singular construct
gate	הַשַּׁ֔עַר ha.Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
six	וְשֵׁשׁ ve.shesh-	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֣וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
men	הָאִ֔ישׁ ha.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
appointed	הֶחָג֖וּר he.cha.Gur	H2296	to gird on (as a belt · definite article + verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
weapons	כְּלֵ֥י ke.Lei	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine plural construct
war	הַמִּלְחָמָֽה ha.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Judges 18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses…
Judges 17:4-5 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof…
Judges 18:2 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, a…
Genesis 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the chi…
Judges 6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to deat…
1 Samuel 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 6:2-9 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall sen…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:14-26

The Danites had sent out their spies to find out a country for them, and they sped well in their search; but here, now that they came to the place (for till this brought it to their mind it does not appear that they had mentioned it to their brethren), they oblige them with a further discovery - they can tell them where there are gods: "Here, in these houses, there are an ephod, and teraphim, and a great many fine things for devotion, such as we have not the like in our country; now therefore consider what you have to do, Jdg 18:14. We consulted them, and had a good answer from them; they are worth having, nay, they are worth stealing (that is, having upon the worst terms), and, if we can bu…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11

there went from thence of the family of the Danites . . . six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jdg 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan." Prosecuting the northern route, they skirted the base of the Ephraimite hills. On approaching the neighborhood of Micah's residence, the spies having given information that a private sanctuary was kept there, the priest of which had rendered them imp…

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John Gill on Judges 18:17

And the five men that went out to spy the land went up and came thither,.... They first came to Micah's house, and saluted the young man, and after that salutation told him there was such a number of their brethren at the gate of the city, very probably, who would be glad to see him; and the young man being desirous also of seeing them, and paying his respects to them, went with them thither, and after they had introduced him, left him discoursing with them, and then returned to his apartment: and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and brought them away with them; and from hence it appears plainly that there were two images, the one graven, and the…

Dictionary and topics

Dan — A judge. (1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s maid (Gen. 30:6, “God hath judged me”, Heb. dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, “Dan shall judge his…
Idol — (1.) Heb. aven, “nothingness;” “vanity” (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.). (2.) ‘Elil, “a thing of naught” (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of…
Micah — A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of…
Teraphim — Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. In order to deceive the guards sent by Saul to seize David, Michal…
Thummim — Perfection (LXX., “truth;” Vulg., “veritas”), Ex. 28:30; Deut. 33:8; Judg. 1:1; 20:18; 1 Sam. 14:3, 18; 23:9; 2 Sam. 21:1. What the “Urim and Thummim” were cannot be determined with any certainty.…
Dan, The Tribe Of · A part of: Plundered Michah of his idols and his ephod — A part of: Plundered Michah of his idols and his ephod
Dishonesty · .Mi — .Mi
Jonathan · idolatry; joins the Danites — idolatry; joins the Danites
Teraphim · Used by Mi — Used by Mi
Theft And Thieves · .The spies of Laish — .The spies of Laish

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 18:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:14-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11

John Gill on Judges 18:17

Dictionary and topics

Judges 18:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:14-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11

John Gill on Judges 18:17

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 18:17-19

Rashi on Judges 18:9