Chapter 17

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am 2585, bc 1419, An, Ex, Is, 72

there was It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think them to be here in their natural order; others that they happened in the time of Joshua, or immediately after the ancients who outlived him. All that can be said with certainly is, that they happened when there was no king in Israel; that is, about the time of the judges, or in some time of the anarchy (Judg 17:6.)

mount Judg 10:1; Josh 15:9, Josh 17:14-18


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about etc. Houbigant renders this, "and for which you put me to my oath."

cursedst Judg 5:23; Deut 27:16; 1Sam 14:24, 1Sam 14:28, 1Sam 26:19; Neh 13:25; Jer 48:10; Matt 26:74; Rom 9:3; 1Cor 16:22

I took it Prov 28:24

Blessed Gen 14:19, Gen 24:30-31; Exod 20:7; Ruth 3:10; 1Sam 23:21; Neh 13:25; Ps 10:3; 2John 1:11


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I had wholly Judg 17:13, Judg 18:5; Isa 66:3

a graven image Exod 20:4, Exod 20:23; Lev 19:4; Deut 12:3; Ps 115:4-8; Isa 40:18-25, Isa 44:9-20; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:8; Hab 2:18-19; John 16:2


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two hundred Isa 46:6-7; Jer 10:9-10


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an house of gods or, as baith Elohim may also signify, "a house of God." Judg 18:24; Gen 31:30; Ezra 1:7; Hos 8:14

ephod Judg 8:27, Judg 18:14; Exod 28:4, Exod 28:15; 1Sam 23:6

teraphim Gen 31:19, Gen 31:30 *marg. Hos 3:4

consecrated Heb. filled the hand, Exod 29:9; 1Kgs 12:31, 1Kgs 13:33-34; Heb 5:4

his sons Exod 24:5


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no king Judg 18:1, Judg 19:1, Judg 21:3, Judg 21:25; Gen 36:31; Deut 33:5

right Deut 12:8; Ps 12:4; Prov 12:15, Prov 14:12, Prov 16:2; Eccl 11:9; Jer 44:16-17


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Beth-lehem-judah, Judg 19:1-2; Gen 35:19; Josh 19:15; Ruth 1:1-2; Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1, Matt 2:5-6

of the family That is, of the tribe of Judah by his mother; and of that of Levi by his father.


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departed Judg 17:11; Neh 13:10-11

as he journeyed Heb. in making his way


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a father Judg 17:11, Judg 18:19; Gen 45:8; 2Kgs 6:21, 2Kgs 8:8-9, 2Kgs 13:14; Job 29:16; Isa 22:21

I will give Judg 18:20; 1Sam 2:36; Ezek 13:19; Matt 26:15; John 12:6; 1Tim 6:10; 1Pet 5:2

a suit of apparel or, a double suit, etc. Heb. an order of garments


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consecrated Judg 17:5

his priest Judg 18:30; Num 16:5, Num 16:8-10; 1Kgs 12:31, 1Kgs 13:33-34


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Prov 14:12; Isa 44:20, Isa 66:3-4; Matt 15:9, Matt 15:13; John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Rom 10:2-3


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