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.

Other Translations of Judges 18:30

New International Version

30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses,Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts "Manasseh" and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.

English Standard Version

30 And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses,Or Manasseh and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

The Message

30 The Danites set up the god-figure for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his descendants were priests to the tribe of Dan down to the time of the land's captivity.

New King James Version

30 Then the children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

New Living Translation

30 Then they set up the carved image, and they appointed Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, as their priest. This family continued as priests for the tribe of Dan until the Exile.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 18:30

Chapter Contents

The Danites seek to enlarge their inheritance, and rob Micah.

The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh the folly of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protect them, that could not keep themselves from being stolen! To take them for their own use, was a double crime; it showed they neither feared God, nor regarded man, but were lost both to godliness and honesty. What a folly was it for Micah to call those his gods, which he had made, when He only is to be worshipped by us as God, that made us! That is put in God's place, which we are concerned about, as if our all were bound up in it. If people will walk in the name of their false gods, much more should we love and serve the true God!