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The issue of his rash vow.

B. C.

about 1143.

d Num.21.29. 1 Kings 11.7. Jer. 48. 7.

e Deut. 9. 4, 5.

& 18. 12. Josh, 3. 10.

ƒ Num. 22. 2. See Josh, 21. 9.

g Num. 21.25.

Deut. 2. 36.

JUDGES.

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25 And now art thou any thing better than ƒ Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab ? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns,

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The Ephraimites are smitten.

yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

CHAPTER XII.

1 The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites. 7 Jephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, who had thirty sons and thirty daughters, 11 and Elon, 13 and Abdon, who had forty sons and thirty nephews, judged Israel.

and in all the cities that be along by the AND "the men of Ephraim †gathered

coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD ithe Judge be judge this k Gen. 16. 5. & day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

i Gen. 18. 25.

31. 53.

1 Sam. 24.12, 15.

/ ch. 3. 10. Jephthah

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28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon "Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpel of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

30 And Jephthah "vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, "shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

34 And Jephthah came to ? Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, "his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances and she was his only child ;"tbeside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, Or, he had that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, not of his either my daughter! thou hast brought me very son or daugh- low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and "I cannot go back.

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36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the u Num. 30. 2. LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thing enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and and my fellows.

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themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

2 And Jephthalı said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites c are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

B. C. about 1143.

† Heb. fromL year to year,

Or, to talk with,

ch, 5. 11.

a See ch. 8. 1. † Heb.

were called,

1 Sam. 19.5. & 28, 21. Job 13. 14. Ps. 119, 109.

c See 1 Sam. 25. 10. Ps. 78. 9.

ch. 3. 28. & 7.24.

5 And the Gileadites took the d passages d Josh. 22. 11. of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was 80, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over, that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now" Shib- Which sigboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

8 And after him "Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

11qAnd after him "Elon, a Zebulonite,judg ed Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 13 ¶ And after him "Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged lsrael.

14 And he had forty sons and thirty † nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, ƒ in the mount of the Amalekites.

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An angel appeareth

B. C. about 1161.

d ch. 6. 12, Luke 1. 11, 13, 28, 31.

e ver. 14.

Num. 6. 2, 3. Luke 1. 15. ƒNum. 6. 5.

1 Sam. 1. 11. g Num. 6. 2.

h See 18am.7. 13.

2 Sam. 8. 1. 1 Chr. 18. 1. í Deut. 33. 1. 1 Sam. 2. 27. & 9. 6.

1 Kin. 17. 21. k Matt. 28. 3. Luke 9. 29. Acts 6. 15.

I ver. 17, 18.

† Heb. What shall be the manner of the, fc. || Or, what shall he do? tHeb. what shall be his work?

m ver. 4.

n Gen. 18. 5. ch. 6. 18.

t Heb. before thee.

o Gen. 32. 29. | Or,

wonderful,
Is. 9. 6.

pch. 6. 19, 20.

JUDGES.

of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

3 And the dangel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

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5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no frazor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

6 ¶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

8 ¶ Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. + How shall we order the child, and † how shall we do unto him?

13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, " neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor cat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

15 ¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, "let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid + for thee.

16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.

17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto | him, "Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret ?

19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, Pand offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar and Manoah and his wife look

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to Manoah's wife.

ed on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. "Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the ᏞᎾᎡᎠ.

22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offer. ing at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and "the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan y between Zorah and Eshtaol.

CHAPTER XIV.

1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 5 In his journey he killeth a lion. 8 In a second journey he findeth honey in the carcass, 10 Samson's marriage feast. 12 His riddle by his wife is made known. 19 He spoileth thirty Philistines, 20 His wife is married to another.

AND Saison went down a to Timnath,

and b saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

2 And he came up, and told his father and | his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore "get her for me to wife.

B. C. about 1161.

9 Lev. 9. 24. 1 Chr. 21. 16. Ez. 1. 28. Matt. 17. 6. rch. 6. 22.

s Gen. 32. 30. Ex. 33. 20. Deut. 5. 26. ch. 6. 22.

t Heb. 11. 32. u 1 Sam.3.19. Luke 1.80. & 2. 52.

a ch, 3, 10. 1 Sam. 11. 6. Matt. 4. 1. † Heb. Mahaneh-dan, as ch. 18. 12. y Josh. 15. 33. ch. 18. 11.

about 1141. a Gen. 38. 13, Josh. 15. 10. b Gen. 34. 2.

c Gen. 21. 21. & 31. 4.

3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among d Gen. 24. 3,4. all my people, that thou goest to take 2 wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was fof the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared † against him.

6 And h the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. 8 ¶ And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

10 So his father went down unto the woman and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be

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12 ¶ And Samson said unto them, I will now iput forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will Gen. 29. 27.

Samson's riddle made known.

B. C. about 1141.

|| Or, shirts, ¿ Gen. 45. 22, 2 Kin. 5. 22.

m ch. 16. 5.. n ch. 15. 6.

Heh. to possess us, or, to impoverish ૧૫૭ ?

o ch, 16. 15.

| Or, the rest of the seven days, fc.

p ch. 3. 10. & 13. 25.

Or, apparel.

q ch. 15, 2. * John 3. 29.

about 1140.

a ch. 14. 20.

+ Heh. let her

be thine.

||Or, Now shall
I be blame-
less from the
Philistines,
though, fc.
|| Or, torches.

JUDGES.

give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.

14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, "lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us t to take that we have? is it not so?

His feats of strength.

B. C. about 1140.

companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Sainson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of 6 ch. 14. 15. you, and after that I will cease.

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves Cin Lehi.

10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Sanison are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

11 Then three thousand men of Judah + went to the top of the rock Etam, and said 16 And Samson's wife wept before him, to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Phiand said, "Thou dost but hate me, and lov-listines are drulers over us? what is this est me not thou hast put forth a riddle that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto the children of my people, and hast not unto them, As they did unto me, so have I told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, done unto them. I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If yo had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

20 But Samson's wife I was given to his companion, whom he had used as "his friend.

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UT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly "hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, pray thee, instead of her.

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3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to'tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his

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12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands †loosed from off his hands.

15 And he found a † new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.

18 ¶ And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, 9 Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

19 But God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, hhis spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof || En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

20 "And he judged Israel i in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

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JUDGES.

of the city, and the two posts, and went
away with them, 1 bar and ail, and put them
upon his shoulders, and carried them up to
the top of a hill that is before Hebron.
4 ¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he
loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,
whose name was Delilah.

5 And the lords of the Philistines came up
unto her, and said unto her, Entice him,
and see wherein his great strength lieth, and
by what means we may prevail against him,
that we may bind him to afflict him and
we will give theo every one of us eleven hun-
dred pieces of silver.

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His blindness, and death.

caused him to shave off the seven locks of
his head; and she began to afflict him, and
his strength went from him.

20 And she said, The Philistines be upon
thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his
sleep, and said, I will go out as at other
times before, and shake myself. And he
wist not that the LORD was departed from
him.

21 But the Philistines took him, and
+ put out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass;
and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to
grow again after he was shaven.
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6 ¶ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me,
I pray thee, wherein thy great strength
lieth, and where with thou mightest be boundered them together for to offer a great sac-
to afflict thee.
rifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice:
for they said, Our god hath delivered Sam-
son our enemy into our hand.

7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind
me with seven † green withs that were never
dried, then shall I be weak, and be as tan-
other man.

8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought
up to her seven green withs which had not
been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abid-
ing with her in the chamber. And she said
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Sam-
son. And he brake the withs, as a thread
of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire.
So his strength was not known.

10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold,
thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now
tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou might
est be bound.

11 And he said unto her, If they bind me | fast with new ropes † that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as anoth

er man.

12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

15¶ And she said unto him, "How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was † vexed unto death;

17 That he dtold her all his heart, and said unto her, "There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

19 ƒ And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she

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B. C. about 1120.

g Num. 14. 9,
42, 43.
Josh. 7. 12.
1 Sam. 16.14.
& 18. 12. & 28.
15, 16.

2 Chr. 15. 2.
† Heb.
bored out.

|| Or, as when he was shav

en.

24 And when the people saw him, they
praised their god: for they said, Our god | h Dan. 5. 4.
hath delivered into our hands our enemy,
and the destroyer of our country, which | † Heb.
slew many of us.

25 And it came to pass, when their hearts
were imerry, that they said, Call for Sam-
son, that he may make us sport. And they
called for Samson out of the prison house;
and he made them sport: and they set
him between the pillars.

26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

and who multiplied slain.

1 ch. 9. 27.

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Heb. before them.

Deut. 22. 8.

27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I / Jer. 15. 15. pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and Il on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

Or, he leaned on them.

† Heb. my soul.

in ch. 13. 25.

31. Then his brethren and all the house of
his father came down, and took him, and
brought him up, and buried him between
Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of
Manoah his father. And he judged Israel about 1120.
twenty years.

CHAPTER XVII.
10f the money that Micah first stole, then restored,
his mother maketh images, 5 and he ornaments
for them. 7 He hireth a Levite to be his priest.

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ND there was a man of mount Ephraim, about 1406. whose name was Micah.

2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, a Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the

a Gen. 14. 19. Ruth 3. 10.

The Danites send men

B. C. about 1406.

b See Ex. 20.
4, 23.
Lev. 19. 4.
c Is. 46, 6.

d ch. 8. 27.

e Gen. 31. 19, 30.

Hos. 3. 4.

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6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.

silver unto the LORD from my hand for my
son, to make a graven image and a molten
image: now therefore I will restore it unto
thee.
4 Yet he restored the money unto his moth-to
er; and his mother took two hundred shek-
els of silver, and gave them to the founder,
who made thereof a graven image and a
molten image: and they were in the house
of Micah.

5 And the man Micah had a house of gods,
and made and ephod, and teraphim, and
+ consecrated one of his sons, who became
his priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Heb. filled Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

the hand,

Ex. 29. 9.

1 Kin. 13. 33. f ch. 18. 1. & 19.1. & 21.25. Deut. 33. 5. g Deut, 12, 8. h See Josh.19. 15.

ch. 19. 1. Ruth 1. 1, 2. Mic. 5, 2,

7 And there was a young man out of
h Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah,
who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city
from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he
could find a place: and he came to mount
Ephraim to the house of Micah, tas he
journeyed.

9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Matt. 2. 1,5, Levite of Beth-lebem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

6.

† Heb. making way.

in his

i ch. 18. 19.
k Gen. 45. 8.
Job 29. 16.
Or, a doub-
"le suit, fe.
Heb. an 01-
der of gar-
ments.

l ver. 5.

m ch. 18. 30.

10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with ine, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and "a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man "became his priest,

and was in the house of Micah.

13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1 The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. 3 At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged in their way. 7 They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope. Six hundred men are sent to surprise it. 14 In the way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things. 27 They win Laish, and call it Dan. 30 They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherited the priesthood. Nathose days there was no king in Israel and in those days & the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to b Josh, 19, 47. | dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritanco had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

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ach, 17. G. & 21. 25.

† Heb. sons,
c ch. 13. 25.
d Num. 13.17.
Josh. 2. 1.
e ch. 17. 1.

f ch. 17. 10. g1 Kings 22.5. Is. 30. 1.

Hos. 4. 12.

h Seech, 17.5. & ver. 14.

2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, tmen of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here ?

4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

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5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, hof God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

7 Then the five men departed, and came
Laish, and saw the people that were
therein, how they dwelt careless, after the
manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure ;
and there was no т magistrate in the land, |
that might put them to shame in any
thing; and they were far from the Zidoni-
ans, and had no business with any man.
8 And they came unto their brethren to
Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren
said unto them, What say ye?

9 And they said, "Arise, that we may go
up against them: for we have seen the land,
and, behold, it is very good and are ye
still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to
possess the land.

10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

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11 ¶ And there went from thence of the
family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out
of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed † Heb.girded.
with weapons of war.

12 And they went up, and pitched in "Kir-
jath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they call-
ed that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day:
behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

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

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 an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

15 And they turned thitherward, and.came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and † saluted him.

16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

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 terapliim, 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.

18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, blay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go. with us, and be to us a father and a priest : is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

22 ¶ And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

23 And they cried unto the children of Dan.

↑ Josh. 15, 60.

s ch. 13. 25.

t ver. 2

u 1Sam.14.28.

≈ ch. 17. 5.

Heb. asked him of peace, Gen 43. 27. 1 Sam. 17.22. y ver. 11.

z ver. 2, 14. a ch. 17. 4, 5.

b Job 21. 5. &
29.9. & 40.4.
Prov. 30. 32.
Mic. 7. 16.
c ch. 17. 10.

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