Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
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Gill's Exposition
And the five men departed,.... From Mount Ephraim, and Micah's house there:
and came to Laish; which, according to Bunting (s), was one hundred and four miles from Mount Ephraim, and so many he…
Barnes' Notes
Laish - Afterward called “Dan” Jdg 18:29. The exact site has not been identified, but it was the northern extremity of Israel, near the sources of the Jordan, and about four miles from Panium, or…
Here is, I. The observation which the spies made upon the city of Laish, and the posture of its inhabitants, Jdg 18:7. Never was place so ill governed and so ill guarded, which would make it a very…
Cambridge Bible
Laish In Jos 19:47 Leshem. After the place was occupied by the Danites and re-named, it became the most northerly of Israelite settlements; cf. 2Sa 24:6; Jer 4:15, and the expression -from Dan to…
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