John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And they said, arise, that me may go up against them , etc.] That is, prepare for war, and go up in an hostile manner against the present possessors of the land, not doubting of being masters of it easily: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good . Adrichomius f380 says it was very good pasture land, and fertile, abounding with fruits of all kinds; and the same is attested by Josephus f381 : and are ye still ? can ye sit still, and be easy, and not bestir yourselves to go up and possess so good a country, of which an easy conquest may be made? or, affirmatively, “ye are still or silent” f382 ; ye make no answer to what we say, and seem careless and indifferent about the matter; or by way of exhortation, “be silent”, either that the people may remain in their quiet, easy, careless state, and lest, on hearing designs against them, should prepare for their defence; or, as Abarbinel, lest any of the other tribes of Israel should hear of it, and go take it before them: be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land ; they suggest that there was scarce anything more to be done than to go and take possession, and that it would be altogether owing to their sloth and indolence if they did not.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The Danites seek to enlarge their inheritance, and rob Micah.
--The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh the foll of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protec them, that could not keep themselves from being stolen! To take the for their own use, was a double crime; it showed they neither feare 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 ha made, when He only is to be worshipped by us as God, that made us! Tha is put in God's place, which we are concerned about, as if our all wer 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 _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ויאמרו559 קומה6965 ונעלה5927 עליהם5921 כי3588 ראינו7200 את853 הארץ776 והנה2009 טובה2896 מאד3966 ואתם859 מחשׁים2814 אל408 תעצלו6101 ללכת1980 לבא935 לרשׁת3423 את853 הארץ׃776
