Judges 18:28

Judges 18:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth–rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
• New International Version (NIV)There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there.

Context of Judges 18:28

26So the sons of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. 27Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire. And there was no one to save them, because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley which is near Beth-rehob. So they rebuilt the city and lived in it. 29And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born to Israel; however, the name of the city was previously Laish. 30The sons of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

Judges 18:28 word by word

וְאֵ֨ין מַצִּ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב וַיִּבְנ֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• And thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• to saveנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• it was farרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• from Sidonצִידוֹןtsîydôn tsîydôn · SidonH6721
• dealingsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• with anyoneאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• and it was in the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Beth-rehobבֵּית־רְחוֹבbêyth rechôb · Beth-rehobH1050
• So they rebuiltבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and livedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Judges 18:28

• 2 Samuel 14:6And your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field, and there was no one to save them from each other, so one struck the other and killed him.
• Psalms 7:2Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is no one to rescue me.
• Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.
• Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you from my hands?”
• Judges 18:1In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day an inheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel.
• Joshua 11:8And the Lord handed them over to Israel, so that they defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon, and Misrephoth-maim, and the Valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them.
• Isaiah 23:4Be ashamed, Sidon, For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have neither been in labor nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
• Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath.
• 2 Samuel 10:6Now when the sons of Ammon saw that they had become repulsive to David, the sons of Ammon sent messengers and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob with twelve thousand men.

Commentaries on Judges 18:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28There was no deliverer - They had no succor, because the Sidonians, from whom they might have expected it, were at too great a distance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Rehob (as Dan afterward) is mentioned as the northernmost point of the land of Canaan Numbers 13:21, and its position is defined with reference to the entering in of Hamath. A city - Rather, “the” city. They rebuilt Laish, which they had burned down Judges 18:29.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28Beth-rehob might have been an Aramean kingdom to the north (2 Samuel 10:6). The Danite warriors captured this defenseless city without heroism or a holy war. Dan fulfilled Jacob’s mixed blessing by abandoning the high calling of governing his people (Genesis 49:16). Instead, they became a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward (Genesis 49:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-2928-29. they built a city, and ... call the name of that city Dan--It was in the northern extremity of the land, and hence the origin of the phrase, "from Dan to Beer-sheba." Jud 18:30, 31. They Set Up Idolatry.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 18:28

• Beth-Rehob
• Dan
• Jonathan

In the dictionaries

• Beth-Rehob
• Ask
• Micah
• Quiet
• Rehob
• Teraphim
• Business
• Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of
• Dan (2)
• Intercession

Commentaries on Judges 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary