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Judges 18:1

King James Version (KJV)

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In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 18:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 18:1

Theological / Devotional

No king in Israel. The author probably wishes to explain that the following lawless action of the Danites could take place only because there was no sovereign king to keep law and order.

Unto that day. The allotted territory of Dan was on the lowland between the sea and the hills, but the Danites were unable to take it from the native inhabitants. They had been forced by the Canaanites to move back into the mountainous country (ch. 1:34).

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