Judges 18:30 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 18:30

The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

BSB

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ASV

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the children of Dan set up the graven image,.... In their new city Dan, and very probably had a house built for it, peculiar to it, in the same place where Jeroboam, in later times, set up one of his golden calves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Image - Having succeeded in their expedition according to the prediction which, as they supposed, they had from this image, they had a great veneration for it. The captivity - When the whole land of the ten tribes, whereof Daniel was one, was conquered, and the people carried captive by the Assyrian, 2 Kings xvii, 6, 23, which is called by way of eminency, the captivity.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The vulgar Latin reads it Moses. And if indeed Moses had a grandson that was rakish, and was picked up as a fit tool to be made use of in the setting up of idolatry, it is not the only instance (would to God it were!) of the unhappy degenerating of the posterity of great and good men.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The children of Dan set up the graven image - They erected a chapel, or temple, among themselves, as Micah had done before; having the same implements and the same priest. And Jonathan the son of Gershom - Either this was the name of the young Levite; or they had turned him off, and got this Jonathan in his place. The son Manasseh - Who this Manasseh was, none can tell; nor does the reading appear to be genuine.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ	vai.ya.Ki.mu	and they set up	H6965 →
לָהֶ֛ם	la.Hem	for <the> themselves
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
דָ֖ן	dan	Dan	H1835 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַפָּ֑סֶל	ha.Pa.sel	the carved image	H6459 →
וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן	Vi.ho.na.ton	and Jonathan	H3083 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם	ge.re.Shom	Gershom	H1647 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
ה֣וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
וּבָנָ֗יו	u.va.Nav	and sons his	H1121 →
הָי֤וּ	ha.Yu	they were	H1961 →
כֹהֲנִים֙	kho.ha.Nim	priests	H3548 →
לְשֵׁ֣בֶט	le.She.vet	of [the] tribe of	H7626 →
הַדָּנִ֔י	ha.da.Ni	the Danite[s]	H1839 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
י֖וֹם	Yom	[the] day	H3117 →
גְּל֥וֹת	ge.Lot	went into exile of	H1540 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 2:22
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
leads to
- Acts 7:29
  At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- Hebrews 11:13–14
  All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…
- Exodus 22:21
  You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Through
Deuteronomy 31:29
For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:5
  His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
Through
Judges 17:5
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
leads to
- Judges 8:27
  From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Genesis 31:30
  Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
- Genesis 31:19
  Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Judges 18:14
  Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image,…

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Judges

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Judges