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.
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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.
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And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
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And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 18:26 And the children of Dan went their…
Jdg 18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they [were] too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
Ver. 26. He turned and went back unto his house.] But took no notice that God punished him for his idolatry by those injurious Danites. "Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed." {Isa 26:11}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the children of Dan went their way,.... Went…
And the children of Dan went their way,.... Went on their way, would not stay to have any further talk with him, as being an impertinent man, and unworthy of their regard, bidding him defiance, and do his worst, having nothing to fear from him:
and when Micah saw they were too strong for him; that he could not prevail upon them by words and arguments; to take up arms, and use them, he perceived it was to no purpose, since they were more numerous and more mighty than he and his neighbours:
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he turned and went unto his own house; and if he returned from his idolatry to the true God, and the right worship of him, having lost his gods, it was well for him they were taken away.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The verse tells us what the two parties did,…
The verse tells us what the two parties did, but not in the Order in which an English writer would express it; for no doubt the Danites, encumbered with their women, and children, and baggage, did not go on their way till Micah and his party had turned back, though in English the contrary order is rather implied. The Hebrew merely puts the actions side by side, and leaves the order to be inferred.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.