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Judges 18:31

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Judges 18:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So they set them up Micah`s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So they set them up Micah`s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Judges 18:31 — American Standard Version

Context — Judges 18

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
28And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein.
29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30And 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.
31So 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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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, etc.] 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 f389, was three hundred and sixty years; that is, so long as the tabernacle was there, which was afterwards removed to Nob.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“In the Hebrew text the name here rendered Manasseh is written MN)- SH. Without the “N” (nun) suspended over the line, the word may be read: Moses, whose son was Gershom Exodus 2:22, whose son or descendant Jonathan clearly was. The Masoretes, probably grieved that a descendant of Moses should have been implicated in idolatrous worship, adopted this expedient for disguising the fact without absolutely falsifying the text. The Vulgate has “Moses”, the Septuagint “Manasses”. These verses seem to tell us that Jonathan’s descendants were priests to the tribe of Dan until the captivity 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; and that the graven image was in their custody until David’s time, by whose order,…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“all the time: Jdg 19:18, Jdg 21:21; Jos 18:1; Sa1 1:3, Sa1 4:4; Jer 7:12 Next: Judges Chapter 19”
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