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A Long-Term Rebellion
Commentators highlight the shocking duration of this idolatry. The phrase 'all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh' indicates this wasn't a brief mistake. Scholars note this period could have lasted for centuries, ending only when the Philistines sacked Shiloh. This shows a deeply rooted, institutionalized rebellion existing alongside the true worship of God.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 18:30–31
18th Century
Theologian
In the Hebrew text, the name here rendered Manasseh is written MN)- SH. Without the "N" (nun) suspended over the line, the word may be read as Mose…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 18:31
19th Century
Bishop
And they set them up Micah’s graven image. —Rather, entrusted to them, i.e., to Jonathan’s descendants. The phra…
John Gill
On Judges 18:31
17th Century
Pastor
And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made
Which is repeated for the sake of the time of its continuan…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 18:1–31
17th Century
Minister
The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh, the folly of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods would protect them, when t…