Judges 18 (Greek, Swete)

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Source: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Judges 18; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)

Attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)

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18:1᾿Εν ταῖς ἡμέροις ἐκείναις οὐκ ἦν βασιλεὺς ἐν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἡ φυλὴ Δὰν ἐζήτει αὑτῇ κληρονομίαν κατοικῆσαι, ὅτι οὐκ ἐνέπεσεν αὐτῇ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἐν μέσῳ φυλῶν Ἰσραὴλ κληρονομία.
18:2καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δὰν ἀπὸ δήμων αὐτῶν πέντε ἄνδρας υἱοὺς δυνάμεως ἀπὸ Σαραὰ καὶ ἀπὸ Ἐσθαὸλ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐξιχνιάσαι αὐτήν, καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτούς Πορεύεσθε καὶ ἐξιχνιάσατε τὴν γῆν. καὶ ἦλθον ἕως ὄρους Ἐφράιμ ἕως οἴκου Μειχαία· καὶ ηύλίσθησαν ἐκεῖ αὐτοὶ
18:3ἐν ἢν οἴκῳ Μειχαία. καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐπέγνωσαν τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ νεανίσκου τοῦ Λευείτου, καὶ ἐξέκλιναν ἐκεῖ καὶ εἷπαν αὐτῷ τίς ἤνεγκέν σε ὧδε ; καὶ τί σὺ ποιεῖς ἐν τῶ τόπῳ τούτῳ ; καὶ τί σοι ὧδε ;
18:4καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς οὕτως καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησεν μοι Μειχαίας καὶ ἐμισθώσατό με, καὶ ἐγενόμην αὐτῷ εἰς ἱερέα.
18:5καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Ερώτησον δὴ ἐν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ γνωσόμεθα εἰ εὐοδωθήσεται ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν ᾗ ἡμεῖς πορευόμεθα ἐν αὐτῇ.
18:6καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἱερεύς Πορεύσθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ· ἐνώπιον κυρίου ἡ ὁδὸς ὑμῶν ἐν ᾗ πόρε πορεύεσθε ἐν αὐτῇ.
18:7Καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Λάισα· καὶ εἶδαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς καθήμενον ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι, ὡς κρίσις Σιδωνίων ἡσυχάζουσα· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν διατρέπων ἢ καταισχύνων λόγον ἐν τῇ γῇ, κληρονόμος ἐκπιέζων θησαυροῦ· καὶ μακρόν εἰσιν Σιδὼν ἴων , καὶ λόγον οὐκ ἔχωσιν πρὸς ἄνθρωπον.
18:8καὶ ἦλθον οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν εἰς Σαραὰ καὶ Ἐσθαόλ, καὶ εἶπον τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν Tt 13 Μειχα Α | αγαθυνει ἠγαθοποίησεν Α | κύριος ἐμοὶ με κݲςݲ Α XVIII 1 εζητει η φ. του Δὰν Α | εαυτη Α | κατοικησαι του κατοικεῖν Α | τῆς ἠμ’. ἐκείνης τωι ημερων εκεινων Α 2 ἐξαπέστειλαν Α | ἄπο δημων ἐκ τῶν συγγενειων Α | ανδρας + ἄπο μέρους ἀυτῶν Α | ἄπο Σαραα ἐξ Αραα Α | om ἄπο 3° Α | Εσθαοᾶ Bb | εξιχνιασατε εξεραυνησατε Α | θον ἕως ὄρους παρεγένοντο εἶ ὄρος Α | Μειχα Α Ι ηὐλίσθησαν κατέπαυσαν Α | om αὐτοὶ Α 3 ἐν ἀυτῶν ὄντων πάρα τὼ Α | Μειχα Α | νεανίσκου παι· δαριου του νεωτέρου Α | Λευιτου Α | ξμεγλεμ ἤγαγεν Α | om σὺ Α | ἐν τὼ τόπω τούτω ἐνταῦθα Α | σοι + ἐστιν Α 4 Μειχα Α | εγενομην ἐγενήθην Α 5 εὐοδωθήσεται κατευοδοῖ Α | ἐν η ἢν Α | ἐν αυτη ἐπ’ ἀύτης Α 6 πορεύεσθε πορεύεσθαι Α) + καὶ Α | ἐν εἰρήνηι εἰς εἰρήνην Α | ἐν η καθ’ ἢν ὑμεῖς Α 7 ληθον παρεγενοντο Α | ειδαν ἴδον Α | ἐν μέσω αυτης κατοικοῦντα ev ἀυτὴ Α | επ ἐν Α | ως κρίσις Σιδωνίων Σειδ. B* Σιδ. Bb) ἡσυχάζουσα κάτα ἡ· σύγκρισιν τῶν Σιδω νιων ησυχαζοντας ἐν ελπιδι | Α | οὐκ ἐστιν διατρέπων η καταισχ. λόγον μὴ δυναμένους λαλήσαι ῥῆμα Α | om κλῆρον. ἐκπιέζων θησαυροῦ Α | καὶ 5° ὅτι Α | Σιδωνίων 2° Σειδ. Σιδῶνος Α | λόγον οὐκ εχουσιν πρὸς ανθρ. λόγος οὑ ἢν αὐτοῖς μέτα Συριας Α 8 ἦλθον παρεγένοντο Α | εἶπον τοι, αδελφοις ελεγον αὐτοῖς οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Α ὑμεῖς κάθησθε ;
18:9καὶ εἶπαν Ἀνάστητε καὶ ἀναβῶμεν ἐπ’ αὐτούς, ὅτι εἴδομεν τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀγαθὴ σφόδρα· καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡσυχάζετε ; μὴ ὀκνήσητε τοῦ πορευθῆναι καὶ εἰσελθεῖν τοῦ κληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν.
18:10καὶ ἡνίκα ἂν ἔλθητε, εἰσελεύσεσθε πρὸς λαὸν ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι, καὶ ἡ γῆ πλατεὶα, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν ὁ θεὸς ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν, τόπος ὅπου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ ὑστέρημα παντὸς ῥῆ μάτος τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ.
18:11Καὶ ἀπῆραν ἐκεῖθεν ἀπὸ δήμων τοῦ Δάν, ἀπὸ Σαραὰ καὶ ἀπὸ Ἐσθαόλ, ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες ἐζωσμένοι σκεύη παρατάξεως.
18:12καὶ ἀνέβησαν καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Καριαθιαρεὶμ ἐν Ἰούδα. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ τόπῳ Παρεμβολὴ Δάν, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης· ἰδοὺ ὀπίσω Καριαθιαρείμ.
18:13καὶ παρῆλθον ἐκεὶθεν ὄρος Ἐφράιμ καὶ ἦ ἕως οἴκου Μειχαία.
18:14καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες οἱ σθαι τὴν γῆν Λάισα καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς ὅτι ἐστιν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐφὼδ καὶ θεραφεὶν καὶ γλυπτὸν καὶ χωνευτόν· καὶ νῦν γνῶτε ὅ τι ποιήσετε.
18:15καὶ ἐκεῖ καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ νεανίσκου τοῦ Λευείτου, οἶκον Μειχαία, καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν εἰς εἰρήνην.
18:16καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες οἱ ἀνεζωσμένοι τὰ σκεύη τῆς παρατάξεως αὐτῶν ἑστῶτες παρὰ θύρας τῆς πύλης, οἱ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Δάν.
18:17καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες οἱ πορευθέντες κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν,
18:18καὶ εἰσῆλθον ἐκεῖ εἰς οἶκον μειχαία, καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἑστώς· καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ ἐφὼδ καὶ τὸ θεραφεὶν καὶ τὸ χωνευτόν. καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ ἱερεύς Τί ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε ;
18:19καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Κώφευσον, ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ δεῦρο μεθ’ ἡμῶν καὶ γένου ἡμῖν εἰς πατέρα καὶ εἰς ἱερέα· μὴ ἀγαθὸν εἶναί σε ἱερέα οἴκου ἀνδρὸς ἑνός, ἢ γενέσθαι σε ἱερέα φυλῆς καὶ οἴκου εἰς δῆμον Ἰσραήλ ;
18:20καὶ ἠγαθύνθη ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἱερέως, καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸ ἐφὼδ καὶ τὸ θεραφεὶν καὶ τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ χωνευτόν, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ.
18:21καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν ψᾶν καὶ ἀπήλθαν, καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν κτῆσιν καὶ τὸ βάρος ἔμπορσθεν αὐτῶν.
18:22αὐτοὶ ἐμάκρυναν ἀπὸ οἴκου Μειχαία, καὶ ἰδοὺ Μειχαίας καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις ταῖς μετὰ οἴκου Μειχαία ἐβόησαν καὶ κατελάβοντο τοὺς υἱοὺς Δάν.
18:23καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν ψᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν υἱοὶ Δὰν καὶ εἶπαν τῷ Μειχαίᾳ Τί ἐστίν σοι ὅτι ἐβόησας ;
18:24καὶ εἶπεν Μειχαίας ὅτι τὸ γλυπτόν μου ὃ ἐποίησα ἐλάβετε καὶ rov ἱερέα, καὶ ἐπορεύθητε· καὶ τί ἐμοὶ τι ; καὶ τί τοῦτο λέγετε πρὸς μέ Τί κράζεις ;
18:25καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ Δάν Μῆ ἀκουσθήτω δὴ φωνή σου μεθ’ ἡμῶν, μή ποτε συναντήσωσιν ἐν ἡμῖν ἄνδρες πικροὶ ψυχῇ, καὶ προσθήσουσιν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ οἴκου σου.
18:26καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δὸν εἰς ὁδὸν αὐτῶν· καὶ εἶδεν Μειχαίας ὅτι δυνατώτεροί εἰσιν ὑπὲρ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. αὐτοῦ.
18:27καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Δὰν ἔλαβον ὃ ἐποίησεν Μειχαίας καὶ τὸν ἱερέα ὃς ἢν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἦλθον ἐπὶ Λάισα ἐπὶ λαὸν ἡσυχάζοντα καὶ πεποιθότα ἐπ’ ἐλπίδ· καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺς ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας, καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρί.
18:28καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ῥυόμενος, ὅτι μακράν ἐστιν ἀπὸ Σιδωνίων, καὶ λόγος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς μετὰ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τοῦ οἴκου Ῥαάβ. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατεσκήνωσαν ἐν οὐτῇ,
18:29καὶ ἐκάλεσαν τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως Δάν, ἐν ὀνόματι Δὰν πατρὸς αὐτῶν ὃς ἐτέχθη τῷ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ Οὐλαμάις τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως τὸ πρότερον.
18:30καὶ ἔστησαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ ἃν τὸ γλυπτόν· καὶ Ἰωναθὰμ υἱὸς Γηρσὸμ υἱὸς Μανασσή, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἦσαν ἴερcις τῇ φυλῇ Δὰν ἕως ἡμέρας ἀποικίας τῆς γῆς.
18:31καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὸ γλυπτὸν ὃ ἐποίησεν Μειχαίας πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ἦν ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Σηλώμ. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις καὶ οὐκ ἦν βασιλεὺς ἐν Ἰσραήλ.

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title
Judges 18 (Greek, Swete)
dialect
greek
source
Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Judges 18; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)
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CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)
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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
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Bible/Old Testament/Judges/18.greek.swete.L0.txt

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Judges 18 (Greek, Swete). Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Judges 18; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md). Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/judges/18.greek.swete/. Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

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