KJV King James Version
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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Judges 18:31
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
WEB World English Bible
So they set them up Micah’s engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
ASV American Standard Version
So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Judges 18
28 And [there was] no deliverer, because it [was] far from Zidon, and they had no business with [any] man; and it was in the valley that [lieth] by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּH7760 · sumto set: makeלָהֶ֔םH9038 · hemthemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פֶּ֥סֶלH6459 · pe.selidolמִיכָ֖הH4318 · mi.khahMicahאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֑הH6213 · a.sahto make: doכָּל־H3605 · kolallיְמֵ֛יH3117 · yomdayהֱי֥וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beבֵּית־H1004 · betplaceהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodבְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ פH7887 · shi.lohShiloh
Cross-references
Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.Judges 19:18And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.1 Samuel 1:3And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.Judges 21:21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.Jeremiah 7:12But go ye now unto my place which [was] in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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