Judges 18:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The Danites set up for themselves the carved image, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, the son of Moses, along with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the land’s captivity.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the children of Dan set up the graven 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children of Dan set up the graven 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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the children of Dan set vp the ymage for them, and Ionathan ye sonne of Gerson the sonne of Manasse, & his sonnes were prestes amoge the trybe of ye Danites, vnto the tyme yt they were led awaye captyue out of the londe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then the children of Dan set them vp the grauen image: and Ionathan the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Manasseh and his sonnes were the Priestes in the tribe of the Danites vntil the day of the captiuitie of the lande.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the chyldren of Dan set them vp the grauen image: And Ionathan the sonne of Gersom, the sonne of Manasses, and his sonnes, were the priestes in the tribe of Dan, vntyl the day of the captiuitie of the lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the children of Dan set up the graven 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of `the people' of the land.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    (And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:22 : 22 And she bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
  • Judg 13:1 : 1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
  • Judg 17:3 : 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.
  • Judg 17:5 : 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
  • 1 Sam 4:2-3 : 2 And the Philistines arranged themselves against Israel, and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, and they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field. 3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies.
  • 1 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.
  • Ps 78:60-62 : 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. 62 He gave his people over also to the sword; and was angry with his inheritance.
  • Ps 105:44-45 : 44 And gave them the lands of the nations: and they inherited the labor of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise the LORD.
  • Exod 18:3 : 3 And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land.
  • Exod 20:4 : 4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
  • Lev 26:1 : 1 You shall make no idols nor carved image, neither set up a standing image, nor shall you set up any image of stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 17:2-7 : 2 If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or woman who has done wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant, 3 and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, 4 and it is told to you, and you have heard of it and diligently inquired, and indeed it is true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel, 5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die. 6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
  • Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
  • Deut 31:16 : 16 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
  • Deut 31:29 : 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 18:31
    79%

    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 18:29
    75%

    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.

  • Judg 18:14-27
    14 verses
    75%

    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.

    18And these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image. Then the priest said to them, What are you doing?

    19And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

    20And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the carved image, and went among the people.

    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?

    24And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made and the priest, and you have gone away; what more do I have? And how can you say to me, What troubles you?

    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.

  • Judg 18:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1In 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.

    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?

  • 1 Kgs 12:29-31
    3 verses
    71%

    29And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

    30And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.

    31And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

  • Judg 17:5
    70%

    5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

  • Num 1:38-39
    2 verses
    68%

    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 18:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Josh 19:47-48
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Num 2:25
    66%

    25The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies. The captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Num 7:66
    66%

    66On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the children of Dan, offered:

  • Josh 19:40
    65%

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

  • Num 1:12
    65%

    12From Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • 2 Kgs 17:41
    65%

    41These nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images. Their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, to this day.

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    65%

    9Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.

  • Josh 22:11
    64%

    11And the children of Israel heard it said, Behold, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar across from the land of Canaan, in the borders of the Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10
    64%

    10They set up images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

  • Gen 49:16
    64%

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

  • Judg 1:34
    64%

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

  • 1 Chr 27:22
    64%

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

  • 2 Kgs 17:16-17
    2 verses
    64%

    16They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • 1 Chr 2:2
    64%

    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

  • Num 10:25
    64%

    25And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rear guard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • 2 Chr 11:15
    64%

    15And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    64%

    7And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'

  • Num 34:22
    64%

    22And the leader of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
    63%

    7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods.