Judges 18:18

Judges 18:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)When these went into Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the priest saw the men carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah’s shrine, he said, “What are you doing?”

Context of Judges 18:18

16The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate. When the five men went into Micah’s house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” 19They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” 20The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people.

Judges 18:18 word by word

וְאֵ֗לֶּה בָּ֚אוּ בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־פֶּ֣סֶל הָאֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן מָ֥ה אַתֶּ֖ם עֹשִֽׂים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And these wentבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into Micah’sמִיכָהmîykâh · MicahH4318
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and fetchedלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the carved imageפֶּ֫סֶלpesel · idolH6459
• the ephodאֵפוֹד'êphôd 'êphôd · ephodH646
• and the teraphimתְּרָפִיםterâphîym · teraphimH8655
• and the molten imageמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• unto them, What doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Commentaries on Judges 18:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18These went unto Micah's house - The five men went in, while the six hundred armed men stood at the gate.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The priest asked the rhetorical question more to express concern about his own future than to stop the theft (compare Judges 18:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2111-21. there went from thence of the family of the Danites ... six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jud 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan."…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 18:18

• Dishonesty
• Jonathan
• Teraphim
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Molten, Image
• Ask
• Idol
• Micah
• Quiet
• Teraphim
• Carving
• 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