Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:7

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7-10. the five men departed, and came to Laish —or, "Leshem" ( :- ), supposed to have been peopled by a colony of Zidonians. The place was very secluded—the soil rich in the abundance and variety of its produce, and the inhabitants, following the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, lived in their fertile and sequestered valley, according to the Zidonian style of ease and security, happy among themselves, and maintaining little or no communication with the rest of the world. The discovery of this northern paradise seemed, to the delight of the Danite spies, an accomplishment of the priest's prediction. They hastened back to inform their brethren in the south both of the value of their prize, and how easily it could be made their prey. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jdg-18-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/jdg-18-7

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological