New American Standard Bible 1995
Judges 18:7-14
7Then the five men departed and came to 1Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no 2ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. 8When they came back to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?” 9They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you 3sit still? Do not delay to go, to enter, to possess the land. 10When you enter, you will come to a secure people with a spacious land; for God has given it into your hand, 4a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
11Then from the family of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war set out. 12They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place 56Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is 7west of Kiriath-jearim. 13They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
14Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that there are in these houses 8an ephod and 9household idols and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.”
Notes
- 1. Judges 18:7 Josh 19:47; Judg 18:29 ↩
- 2. Judges 18:7 Lit possessor of restraint ↩
- 3. Judges 18:9 Lit be ↩
- 4. Judges 18:10 Deut 8:9 ↩
- 5. Judges 18:12 I.e. the camp of Dan ↩
- 6. Judges 18:12 Judg 13:25 ↩
- 7. Judges 18:12 Lit behind ↩
- 8. Judges 18:14 Judg 17:5 ↩
- 9. Judges 18:14 Heb teraphim ↩
Commentaries on Judges 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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