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Version</a></span><br />They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So Micah’s carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the Tabernacle of God remained at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So they set up Micah’s carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah&#8217s graven image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s [silver-plated wooden] image which he had made, <i>and kept it</i> throughout the time that the house (tabernacle) of God was at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image that he had made, and it was there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah&#8217s carved image that he had made, and it was there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves the carved idol Micah had made. It stayed there the whole time the house of God was at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Micah's idol remained there as long as the Tent where God was worshiped remained at Shiloh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Micah's carved image, that he himself had crafted, was in place during the entire time that God's tent was set up at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They worshiped Micah's carved image the whole time God's authorized shrine was in Shiloh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they appoint for themselves the carved image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will set up to them Micah's carved thing, which he made, all the days the home of God was in Shiloh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They maintained the idol Micah had made as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they maintained as their own Micah’s idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they set for themselves the image of Mikah that he had made, all the days that the house of God was in Shilo <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they set up for themselves the graven image which Michaias made, all the days that the house of God was in Selom; and it was so in those days <i>that</i> there was no king in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/18-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=5565" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">The Danites Take Micah's Idols</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śî·mū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">So they set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">for themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4318.htm" title="4318: mî·ḵāh (N-proper-ms) -- The name of several Isr. An abbrev. Of Miykayah; Micah, the name of seven Israelites.">Micah’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6459.htm" title="6459: pe·sel (N-msc) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">graven image,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and it was there the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">time</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hĕ·yō·wṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">was</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: bə·ši·lōh (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">in Shiloh.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Judges 17:5</a></span><br />Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/17-12.htm">Judges 17:12</a></span><br />Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a></span><br />After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a></span><br />He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a></span><br />And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">2 Chronicles 13:8-9</a></span><br />And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. / But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-5.htm">Hosea 8:5-6</a></span><br />He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Hosea 10:5-6</a></span><br />The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile. / Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Amos 8:14</a></span><br />Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Exodus 32:4</a></span><br />He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a></span><br />then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58</a></span><br />They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-20</a></span><br />At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.</p><p class="hdg">all the time</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/19-18.htm">Judges 19:18</a></b></br> And he said unto him, We <i>are</i> passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence <i>am</i> I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I <i>am now</i> going to the house of the LORD; and there <i>is</i> no man that receiveth me to house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/21-21.htm">Judges 21:21</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a></b></br> And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. 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The Hebrew root for "set up" is "קוּם" (qum), which means to establish or erect. This action reflects a conscious decision to establish their own form of worship, independent of God's ordained system. It highlights the human tendency to create personal religious practices that deviate from divine instructions, a theme recurrent throughout the Book of Judges.<p><b>Micah’s graven image</b><br />The term "graven image" comes from the Hebrew "פֶּסֶל" (pesel), meaning an idol or carved image. Micah's idol represents a significant departure from the worship of Yahweh, as the Israelites were explicitly commanded in the Ten Commandments to avoid idolatry (<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a>). This act of setting up an idol underscores the spiritual decline and syncretism that plagued Israel during the time of the Judges, where personal and tribal desires often overshadowed covenantal faithfulness.<p><b>and it was there the whole time</b><br />This phrase suggests a prolonged period during which the idol remained in place, indicating a persistent state of apostasy. The Hebrew word "כָּל" (kol) for "whole" emphasizes the completeness or entirety of this period. It reflects the enduring nature of Israel's disobedience and the long-term consequences of straying from God's commandments.<p><b>the house of God</b><br />The "house of God" refers to the tabernacle, which was the central place of worship and the dwelling place of God's presence among the Israelites. In Hebrew, "בֵּית אֱלֹהִים" (beit Elohim) signifies a sacred space designated for divine worship. The contrast between the legitimate worship at the house of God and the idolatrous practices in Dan highlights the spiritual dissonance within Israel.<p><b>was in Shiloh</b><br />Shiloh was the location of the tabernacle during this period, as indicated in <a href="/joshua/18.htm">Joshua 18:1</a>. It served as the religious center for Israel before the establishment of the temple in Jerusalem. The mention of Shiloh underscores the irony and tragedy of the situation: while the true worship of Yahweh was accessible and established in Shiloh, the tribe of Dan chose to follow a counterfeit form of worship. This reflects the broader theme of the Book of Judges, where "everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (<a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>), leading to spiritual and moral chaos.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">And they set them up Micah's graven image.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">entrusted to them, i.e., </span>to Jonathan's descendants. The phrase "set them up" can only have been used by inadvertence by our translators in this verse, since the verb used, <span class= "ital">yasimo </span>(LXX., <span class= "ital">etaxan heautois; </span>but Vulg., <span class= "ital">mansitque apud eos, i.e., </span>there remained with <span class= "ital">them </span>the descendants of Jonathan), is wholly different from the verb <span class= "ital">yakim-, </span>rendered "set up" (LXX., <span class= "ital">anestesan</span>) in <a href="/judges/18-30.htm" title="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.">Judges 18:30</a>.<p><span class= "bld">All the time that the house of God was in Shiloh</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>till Samuel's early manhood, when the Philistines sacked Shiloh, to which place the Ark and Tabernacle never returned (<a href="/1_samuel/4-3.htm" title="And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh to us, that, when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.">1Samuel 4:3</a>, <a href="/1_samuel/6-21.htm" title="And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come you down, and fetch it up to you.">1Samuel 6:21</a>, <a href="/1_samuel/7-1.htm" title="And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.">1Samuel 7:1</a>). This verse may probably have been added by a later hand to prevent any mistake in the interpretation of the former. It may have been written in Saul's reign, when the Tabernacle and ephod had been removed to Nob for greater safety. The last mention of the town of Dan is in <a href="/2_chronicles/16-4.htm" title="And Benhadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.">2Chronicles 16:4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/18-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they set up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śî·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for themselves</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Micah's</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיכָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mî·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4318.htm">Strong's 4318: </a> </span><span class="str2">Micah -- the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">graven image,</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֥סֶל</span> <span class="translit">(pe·sel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6459.htm">Strong's 6459: </a> </span><span class="str2">An idol, image</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and it was there the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">time</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמֵ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּית־</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="heb">הֱי֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hĕ·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Shiloh.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ši·lōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/18-31.htm">OT History: Judges 18:31 So they set them up Micah's engraved (Jd Judg. 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