Judges 18:1-5
king <04428> [no king.]
The word {mailech,} which generally means a king, is sometimes taken for a supreme ruler, governor, or judge (see Ge 36:31. De 33:5;) and it is probable it should be so understood here, and in the parallel passages.
tribe .......................... tribes <07626> [the tribe.]
days ......... days ................... yet <03117> [for unto.]
Danites ........... men <0582 01121> [men. Heb. sons. Zorah.]
spy out <07270> [to spy.]
hill country <02022> [mount.]
recognized <05234> [they knew.]
They knew by his dialect or mode of pronunciation, that he was not an Ephraimite: see the parallel texts.
[and what hast.]
hired ....... priest <07936 03548> [hired me.]
Seek <07592> [Ask counsel.]
divine <0430> [of God.]