Judges 18:31
in Judges 18So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
KJV
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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This verse in Judges 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made,.... Which is repeated for the sake of the time of its continuance next expressed: all the time the house of God was in Shiloh; which, according to some Jewish writers (g), was three hundred and sixty years; that is, so long as the tabernacle was there, which was afterwards removed to Nob. (g) Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 14. sect. 6. & Bartenora in ib. sect. 7.
This site's exposition
the house of God was in Shiloh
Two houses of God stand, the tabernacle and Micah's image at Dan, which stood “the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh”. Psalm 78:60 and Jeremiah 7:12-14 look back at the fall of Shiloh as a warning. Jeroboam sets a calf at Dan at 1 Kings 12:29.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
That these images continued till Samuel's time, for so long the ark of God was at Shiloh; and it is probable that in him time effectual care was taken to suppress and abolish this idolatry.
The Expedition of the Danites. 1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ | vaiyasimu | and they set up | H7760 → | 584 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | for <the> themselves | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פֶּ֥סֶל | pesel | [the] carved image of | H6459 → | 31 times |
| מִיכָ֖ה | mikhah | Micah | H4318 → | 33 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֑ה | ʾasah | he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֛י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הֱי֥וֹת | heyot | [the] being of | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ פ | beshiloh | at Shiloh | H7887 → | 32 times |
וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּand they set up
vaiyasimuH7760 →584 times
לָהֶ֔םfor <the> themselves
lahem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פֶּ֥סֶל[the] carved image of
peselH6459 →31 times
מִיכָ֖הMicah
mikhahH4318 →33 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֑הhe had made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֛י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
הֱי֥וֹת[the] being of
heyotH1961 →3559 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ פat Shiloh
beshilohH7887 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 1:3Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
it leads to
- Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 2:41
Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
- Deuteronomy 12:5–7
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
- Joshua 18:1
Through
Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 1:3
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 19:51
These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…
- 1 Samuel 1:3
Through
1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:2
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who…
- Psalms 80:1
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- 2 Samuel 6:2
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.