Judges 18:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    In those days, Israel had no king, and during that period, the tribe of Dan was looking for a place to settle because they had not yet received an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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 [their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    At that tyme was there no kynge in Israel. And ye trybe of ye Danites soughte them an enheritaunce to dwell in, for vnto that daie there was no enheritaunce fallen vnto them amonge the trybes of Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    In those dayes there was no King in Israel, and at the same time the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for vnto that time all their inheritance had not fallen vnto them among the tribes of Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    In those dayes there was no kyng in Israel, and in those dayes the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritaunce to dwell in: For vnto that tyme all their inheritaunce had not fallen vnto them among the tribe of Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 to that day [their] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for `that' hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 `their' inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 [their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 to that day [their] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Judg 19:1 : 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
  • Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
  • Josh 19:40-48 : 40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt there, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
  • Judg 1:34 : 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 18:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their territory, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. When they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

    3When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

  • Judg 17:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.

  • Judg 18:25-31
    7 verses
    77%

    25And the children of Dan said to him, Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry men fall upon you and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.

    26And the children of Dan went their way, and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

    27And they took what Micah had made, and the priest he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.

    28And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with anyone; and it was in the valley that lies by Bethrehob. And they built a city and lived there.

    29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however, the name of the city was Laish at first.

    30And the children of Dan set up the carved image, and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

    31And they set up for themselves Micah's carved image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Judg 21:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24And the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.

    25In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

  • Josh 19:47-48
    2 verses
    74%

    47And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt there, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

    48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Judg 19:1
    74%

    1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

  • Judg 18:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21So they turned and departed and put the little ones, the cattle, and the goods before them.

    22When they were a good distance from Micah's house, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.

    23And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you, that you come with such a company?

  • Judg 18:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10When you go, you shall come to a secure people and to a large land, for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.

    11And from there went of the family of the Danites from Zorah and from Eshtaol six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

    12And they went up and encamped in Kirjathjearim in Judah; therefore they called that place Mahanehdan to this day; behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

  • Num 1:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

    38From the children of Dan, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;

    39Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

  • Judg 1:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became forced laborers to them.

    34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley.

  • Josh 19:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

    41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

  • Hos 3:4
    70%

    4For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.

  • Judg 18:7
    70%

    7Then the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people that were there, how they dwelt securely like the Zidonians, quiet and secure, and there was no magistrate in the land to put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with anyone.

  • Judg 18:14-17
    4 verses
    70%

    14Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.

    15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

    16And the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

    17And the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

  • Gen 49:16
    69%

    16Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 18:2
    69%

    2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    68%

    47There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    67%

    16So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

  • Judg 21:3
    67%

    3And said, O LORD God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today one tribe should be missing from Israel?

  • Ezek 48:1
    67%

    1Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end along the way of Hethlon, as one goes to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the border of Hamath; for these are its sides east and west: a portion for Dan.

  • 2 Chr 15:5
    67%

    5And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great troubles were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

  • 1 Chr 5:17
    67%

    17All these were recorded by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 27:22
    67%

    22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    66%

    3Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    66%

    16And when all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What part have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel; and now, David, see to your own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

  • Judg 13:25
    66%

    25And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  • Judg 5:17
    66%

    17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued at the sea shore, and remained in his inlets.

  • Judg 13:2
    66%

    2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

  • Judg 20:27
    66%

    27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • Num 26:42
    66%

    42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.