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Judges 18:1

Dan
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.

2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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BSB
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
KJV
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.
WEB
In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
ASV
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 [their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
DARBY
In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
BLB
In those days [there was] no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for it had not fallen to them until that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.
ÅB
I de dager var det ingen konge i Israel; og i de samme dager søkte danittenes stamme seg en arvelodd til å bo i, for det var ikke til den dag tilfalt dem noen arv blant Israels stammer[^1].
OTB
I de dager hadde Israel ingen konge, og Dans stamme søkte et eget område å bosette seg i, for inntil da hadde de ikke fått tildelt noen arv blant Israels stammer.
B1930
I de dager var det ingen konge i Israel; og i de samme dager søkte danittenes stamme sig en arvelodd til å bo i, for det var ikke til den dag tilfalt dem nogen arv blandt Israels stammer. / < d.e. den dem ifølge JOS 19, 40 fg. tildelte arv var ennu ikke kommet i deres eie.>

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  • Judges 1:34

    And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

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  • Judges 17:6

    In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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  • Judges 19:1

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

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  • Joshua 19:40–48

    And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

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  • Judges 21:25

    In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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