Scripture · Old Testament
Judges 18:1
Judges 18:1 is verse 1 of Judges chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James 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.
World English Bible
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.
Read in context
Judges 18:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 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.
2 So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
3 And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
Read all of Judges 18Hebrew words
Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Study Judges 18:1
Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Joshua 19:40The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
Joshua 19:41The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Joshua 19:42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Joshua 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Joshua 19:45Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,
Joshua 19:46Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
Joshua 19:47(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
Joshua 19:48This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.
Judges 1:34The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.