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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 18:27 - 18:27
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Jdg 18:27-29. The win Laish.
they ... came unto Laish ... smote them - the inhabitants.
and burnt the city - “We are revolted by this inroad and massacre of a quiet and secure people. Nevertheless, if the original grant of Canaan to the Israelites gave them the warrant of a divine commission and command for this enterprise, that sanctifies all and legalizes all” [Chalmers]. This place seems to have been a dependency of Zidon, the distance of which, however, rendered it impossible to obtain aid thence in the sudden emergency.