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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 18:7 — 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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Laish
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Jos 19:47; called Leshem. |
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how they
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Jdg 18:27,28; Rev 18:7 |
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magistrate
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Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraint. 1Sa 3:13; 1Ki 1:6; Rom 13:3; 1Pe 2:14 |
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and had no
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"In the most correct copies of the LXX. this clause stands thus; [kai logos ouk en autois meta Syrias;] ""and they had no transactions with Syria;"" evidently reading instead of [ ( )] adam, man, [ ( )] aram, Syria; words so nearly similar that the only difference between them is in the [Ręysh] raish, and [Dâleth] daleth, which in both MSS. and printed books is sometimes indiscernible. Laish was situated on the frontiers of Syria." |
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Jos 19:47 |
And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too little] for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. |
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Jdg 18:27 |
And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. |
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Jdg 18:28 |
And [there was] no deliverer, because it [was] far from Zidon, and they had no business with [any] man; and it was in the valley that [lieth] by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. |
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Rev 18:7 |
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. |
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1Sa 3:13 |
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. |
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1Ki 1:6 |
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also [was a] very goodly [man]; and [his mother] bare him after Absalom. |
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Rom 13:3 |
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: |
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1Pe 2:14 |
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Judges 18:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jdg/18/7.html>.
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