Judges 18:7

The Message

The five men left and headed north to Laish. They saw that the people there were living in safety under the umbrella of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. They had everything going for them. But the people lived a long way from the Sidonians to the west and had no treaty with the Arameans to the east.

Cross References

Joshua 19:47

But the people of Dan failed to get rid of the Westerners (Amorites), who pushed them back into the hills. The Westerners kept them out of the plain and they didn’t have enough room. So the people of Dan marched up and attacked Leshem. They took it, killed the inhabitants, and settled in. They renamed it Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their ancestor.

Judges 18:6

The priest said, “Go assured. God’s looking out for you all the way.”

Judges 18:8

When they got back to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked, “So, how did you find things?”