Judges 18:1 Meaning and Explanation
“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 (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →With no king in Israel, the tribe of Dan goes looking for a place to settle, because it has not yet secured the inheritance allotted to it.
What Does Judges 18:1 Mean?
The refrain 'there was no king in Israel' opens this chapter as it did the last, signaling a season when each tribe and each person did what seemed right to them. Dan had been given territory near the coast, but had failed to take possession of it, and so the tribe sets out to find a home elsewhere.
Scripture is honest about a people who drift when they forget the One who is meant to rule over them. Dan's restlessness is not merely a land problem but a heart problem, the same wandering that visits any soul that loses sight of its true King. The Lord is the inheritance and the dwelling place His people were always meant to seek first.
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What does Judges 18:1 mean?
With no king in Israel, the tribe of Dan goes looking for a place to settle, because it has not yet secured the inheritance allotted to it.