Judges 18 · Verse 20

Judges 18:20

And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
Judges 18:20, King James Version

Judges 18:20 in other translations

BSBSo the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
WEBThe priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
ASVAnd the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
YLTAnd the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,
DARBYThen the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
BBEThen the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
WebsterAnd the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

What does Judges 18:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11-21

11-21. there went from thence of the family of the Danites ... six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jud 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Went to the midst of the people - He was glad to be employed by the Danites; and went into the crowd, that he might not be discovered by Micah or his family.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Judges 18:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּיטַב֙vai.yi.Tavand it was goodH3190
לֵ֣בlev[the] heart ofH3820
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹדha.'e.Fodthe ephodH646
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַתְּרָפִ֖יםha.te.ra.Fimthe teraphimH8655
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַפָּ֑סֶלha.Pa.selthe carved imageH6459
וַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
הָעָֽם\׃ha.'Amthe peopleH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 18:20

  • Isaiah 56:11

    Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

  • Ezekiel 13:19

    And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • 2 Peter 2:15-16

    Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

  • Acts 20:33

    I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

  • Proverbs 30:15

    The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

  • 2 Peter 2:3

    And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

  • Judges 17:10

    And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

  • Philippians 3:19

    Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heart.
17:10; Pr 30:15; Isa 56:11; Eze 13:19; Ho 4:3; Ac 20:33; Php 3:19
2Pe 2:3,15,16
went.He was glad of his preferment among the Danites; and went into the crowd, that he might not be discovered by Micah or his family.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 18:19

    And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

  • Judges 18:20

    And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • Judges 18:21

    So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

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Judges 18:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y alegróse el corazón del sacerdote; el cual tomando el ephod y el teraphim, y la imagen, vínose entre la gente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le cœur du sacrificateur s’en réjouit, et il prit l’éphod, et les théraphim, et l’image taillée, et il s’en alla au milieu du peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da wurde das Herz des Priesters froh, und er nahm das Ephod und die Teraphim und das geschnitzte Bild und ging mitten unter das Volk.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod cum audisset, acquievit sermonibus eorum, et tulit ephod, et idola, ac sculptile, et profectus est cum eis.