Judges 18:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Judges 18:1 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“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 <FI>that<Fi> hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 18:1 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 19:40The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
- Judges 1:34The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
- Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 19:1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
- Judges 21:25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).