Judges 18:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The Danites, having taken what Micah had made and the priest who belonged to him, came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, put them to the sword, and burned down the city.

Cross References

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s whelp that leaps forth from Bashan.”

Joshua 11:11

And they put to the sword all who were in it, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed, and he burned Hazor with fire.

Joshua 19:47

When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, the Danites went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and putting it to the sword, they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem Dan, after their ancestor Dan.

Judges 18:10

When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is broad—God has indeed given it into your hands—a place where there is no lack of anything on earth.”

Judges 18:26

Then the Danites went their way. When Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.

Judges 18:7

The five men went on, and when they came to Laish, they observed the people who were there living securely, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing on earth, and possessing wealth. Furthermore, they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with Aram.

Judges 8:11

So Gideon went up by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the army, for the army was off its guard.