Judges - 18:31



31 So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 18:31.

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And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
And the idol of Michas remained with them all the time that the house of God was in Silo. In those days there was no king in Israel.
So they set up Micah's graven image which he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.
And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
And the idol of Micah remained with them during the entire time that the house of God was in Shiloh. In those days, there was no king in Israel.

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And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made,.... Which is repeated for the sake of the time of its continuance next expressed:
all the time the house of God was in Shiloh; which, according to some Jewish writers (g), was three hundred and sixty years; that is, so long as the tabernacle was there, which was afterwards removed to Nob.
(g) Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 14. sect. 6. & Bartenora in ib. sect. 7.

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