Judges · Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Judges 18 Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.

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1 In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to inhabit, because no inheritance had fallen to it until that day in the midst of the tribes of the children of Israel.

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

2 And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Micah and they lodged there,

2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

3 in the house of Micah, and they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in thither; and said to him, Who brought thee in hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”

4 And he said to them, Thus and thus did Micah to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest.

4 He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”

5 And they said to him, Inquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.

5 They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”

6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which ye go, [is] before the Lord.

6 The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.”

7 And the five men went on, and came to Laish; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as [is] the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with anyone.

7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.

8 And the five men came to their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit ye here [idle]?

8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”

9 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, [it is] very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, and to enter in to possess the land.

9 They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

10 And whensoever ye shall go, ye shall come in upon a people secure, and the land [is] extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that the earth affords.

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

11 And there departed thence of the families of Dan, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men, girded with weapons of war.

11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

12 And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim in Judah; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, [it is] behind Kiriath-jearim.

12 They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

13 And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

13 They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

14 And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laish answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do.

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

15 And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, [even] into the house of Micah, and asked him how he was.

15 They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.

16 And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate.

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

17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Micah, and the priest stood.

17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

18 And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest said to them, What are ye doing?

18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

19 And they said to him, Be silent, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?

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

20 And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.

20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.

21 So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.

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

22 They went some distance from the house of Micah, and, behold, Micah and the men in the houses near Micah’s house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan.

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

23 And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Micah, What is the matter with thee that thou hast cried out?

23 As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”

24 And Micah said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what [is] this [that] ye say to me, Why criest thou?

24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”

25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon thee, and take away thy life, and the lives of thy house.

25 The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”

26 And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house.

26 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.

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

27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire.

28 And there was no deliverer, because [the city] is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it [is] in the valley of the house of Rehob; and they built the city, and dwelt in it.

28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.

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

29 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 used to be Laish.

30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gershom son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation.

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

31 And they set up for themselves the graven image which Micah made, all the days that the house of God was in Shiloh; and it was so in those days [that] there was no king in Israel.

31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh.

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Son of Gershom and grandson of Moses (the KJV reads Manasseh) who with his sons served as priests for the tribe of Dan at the idols they took from Micah, and who is generally…
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