Judges 18 · Geneva Bible Notes (1560) · Commentaries (Good Books Free)

¹ ^a Meaning no ordinarie Magistrat, to punishe vice according to Gods worde.

² ^! The children of Dan send men to searche the land.

² ^b For the porcion which Joshua gaue them, was not sufficient for all their tribe.

³ ^c Thei knewe him by his speache that he was a stranger there.

⁶ ^d Thus God granteth the idolaters sometime their requests to their destruction that delite in errors.

⁷ ^/ Ebr. made them ashamed.

⁹ ^e Lose ye this good occasion through your slouthfulnes?

¹¹ ^! Then come the six hundreth & take the gods, and the Priest of Michah awaie.

¹² ^/ Or, the tentes of Dan.

¹⁴ ^f Because thei before had had good successe, thei wolde that their brethren shulde be encouraged by hearing the same tidings.

¹⁷ ^g So supersticion blinded them, that thei thoght Gods power was in these idoles, & that thei shulde haue good succes by them, thogh by violence & robbery they did take them awaye.

²⁰ ^h With the six hundreth men.

²¹ ⁱ Suspecting them that did pursue them.

²⁴ ^k This declareth what opinion the idolaters haue of their idoles.

²⁵ ^/ Ebr who haue their hearts bitter.

²⁷ ^m Meaning, the idoles, as vers. 18.

²⁷ ^! They destroy Laish.

²⁸ ^/ Or, deliuer them.

²⁸ ^! Thei buyld it againe,

²⁸ ^m Which after was called Cesarea Philippi.

³⁰ ^o That is, til the Arke was taken, {1 Sam. 5, 1}.

³⁰ ^! And set vp idolatrie.

³⁰ ⁿ Thus in stead of giuing glorie to God, their attributed the victorie to their idoles, & honored them therefore.

Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Judges 18

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