Judges 18 - The Idolatry of Micah and the Levite |Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church

In this video listen to Judges 18 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Judges 18 it says in verse 1 says that the Inheritance of the tribe of Dan “had not Fallen to them.” In Joshua 19 the tribe of Dan actually DO have an inheritance allotted to them, but it seems they haven’t obtained it yet. This is placed immediately after Joshua’s death. In Judges 1:34-36 it also describes the failure of the Danites to push out the Amorites, so what we have here is an attempt to look for land elsewhere, rather than to obtain what God allocated with faith.

So they are now going to try to take their own inheritance in their own strength outside of God’s will. The ephod and the idol from the previous chapter, are then used to enquire of the Lord. So now they believe they have the approval of God to do something which God never told them to do. This is going to have terrible future consequences for the Danites who would be the furthest tribe from Jerusalem of all the tribes.

Later Jeroboam I would set up a golden calf in Dan to keep people away from Jerusalem. There is still no sense that the priest is doing anything wrong, nor do the Danites think so either. The priest is glad because he now has a ministry promotion. Do not work for ministry promotion, but rather to do the will of God. This all happens during a time when Israel has no king, records Samuel the author. Does a king fix these problems in the future?

No, but when the hearts of people have God as their king in the long distant future, in the kingdom of heaven, it fixes it for those people. The city of Laish is burned with fire. This was renamed Dan. What seems like easy pickings for them, requiring little faith becomes a snare to all future generations and ultimately they become one of the lost ten tribes.