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Jdg 18:30 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

set up		Exd 20:4; Lev 26:1; Deu 17:2-7; Deu 27:15; Deu 31:16,29; Jos 19:40-48; Psa 78:58-61; God had graciously performed his promise, in putting these Danites in possession of that which fell to their lot, obliging them thereby to be faithful to him who had been so to them; they inherited the labour of the people, that they might observe his statues. Psa 105:44,45. But the first thing they do after they are settled is to break his laws, by setting up the graven image, attributing their success to that idol, which, if God had not been infinitely patient, would have been their ruin. Thus a prosperous idolater goes on to offend, imputing this his power unto his God. Instead of Manasseh, some would read Moses; as it is found in some MSS., in the Vulgate and in the concessions of the most intelligent Jews. But Bp. Patrick takes this to be an idle conceit of the Rabbins, and supposes this Jonathan to be of some other family of the Levites. Yet Kimchi acknowledges, that the Jews, deeply concerned for the honour of their la
until		Jdg 13:1; 1Sa 4:2,3,10,11; Psa 78:60-62
the land		"Houbigant contends, that, instead of haäretz, ""the land,"" we should read haäron, ""the ark;"" for the [Vâv] wav, and [Nûwn, noon final, might easily be mistaken for [Tsâdêy] tzadday final; which is the only difference between the two words. This conjecture is the more likely, as the next verse tells us, that Micah's graven image continued at Dan ""all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh;"" which was till the ark was taken by the Philistines."

Correlating Passages

set up

	Exd 20:4	Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
	Lev 26:1	Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.
	Deu 17:2	If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
	Deu 17:3	And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
	Deu 17:4	And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:
	Deu 17:5	Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
	Deu 17:6	At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
	Deu 17:7	The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
	Deu 27:15	Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
	Deu 31:16	And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go [to be] among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
	Deu 31:29	For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
	Jos 19:40	[And] the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
	Jos 19:41	And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
	Jos 19:42	And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
	Jos 19:43	And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
	Jos 19:44	And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
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	Psa 78:58	For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
	Psa 78:59	When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
	Psa 78:60	So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;
	Psa 78:61	And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
	Psa 105:44	And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
	Psa 105:45	That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

until

	Jdg 13:1	And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
	1Sa 4:2	And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
	1Sa 4:3	And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
	1Sa 4:10	And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
	1Sa 4:11	And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
	Psa 78:60	So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;
	Psa 78:61	And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
	Psa 78:62	He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

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Scott, Thomas. "Judges 18:30," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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