Judges 18:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

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  • Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
  • Judg 19:1 : 1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
  • Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
  • Josh 19:40-48 : 40 For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out; 41 And the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh 42 And Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah 43 And Elon and Timnah and Ekron 44 And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath 45 And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon; 46 And on the west was ... opposite Joppa. 47 (But the limit of the children of Dan was not wide enough for them; so the children of Dan went up and made war on Leshem and took it, putting it to the sword without mercy, and they took it for their heritage and made a place for themselves there, giving it the name of Leshem-dan, after the name of their father, Dan.) 48 This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Dan by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.
  • Judg 1:34 : 34 And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

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  • Judg 18:2-3
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    2So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

    3When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?

  • Judg 17:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

    7Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

  • Judg 18:25-31
    7 verses
    77%

    25And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

    26Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.

    27And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

    28And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

    29And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

    30(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

    31And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Judg 21:24-25
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    75%

    24Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

    25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.

  • Josh 19:47-48
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    74%

    47(But the limit of the children of Dan was not wide enough for them; so the children of Dan went up and made war on Leshem and took it, putting it to the sword without mercy, and they took it for their heritage and made a place for themselves there, giving it the name of Leshem-dan, after the name of their father, Dan.)

    48This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Dan by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

  • Judg 19:1
    74%

    1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

  • Judg 18:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.

    22When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

    23Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

  • Judg 18:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.

    11So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

    12And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.

  • Num 1:38-39
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    38The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

    39Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

  • Judg 1:33-34
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    71%

    33Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

    34And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

  • Josh 19:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out;

    41And the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh

  • Hos 3:4
    70%

    4For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.

  • Judg 18:7
    70%

    7Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.

  • Judg 18:14-17
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    70%

    14Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

    15And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

    16And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

    17Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

  • Gen 49:16
    69%

    16Dan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 18:2
    69%

    2But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    68%

    47At that time there was no king in Edom;

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    67%

    16And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

  • Judg 21:3
    67%

    3And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

  • Ezek 48:1
    67%

    1Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.

  • 2 Chr 15:5
    67%

    5In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.

  • 1 Chr 5:17
    67%

    17All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 27:22
    67%

    22Of Dan, Azarel, the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    66%

    3Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    66%

    16And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

  • Judg 13:25
    66%

    25And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  • Judg 5:17
    66%

    17Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea's edge, living by his inlets.

  • Judg 13:2
    66%

    2Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

  • Judg 20:27
    66%

    27And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

  • Num 26:42
    66%

    42These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.