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They attacked them with the sword and burned down their city. <a href="/nlt/judges/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then, with Micah’s idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked with swords and burned the town to the ground. <a href="/esv/judges/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. <a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city. <a href="/kjv/judges/18.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/judges/18.htm">New King James Version</a> So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. <a href="/nasb_/judges/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire. <a href="/nasb/judges/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire. <a href="/nasb77/judges/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire. <a href="/lsb/judges/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire. <a href="/amp/judges/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They took the [idolatrous] things that Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. <a href="/csb/judges/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> After they had taken the gods Micah had made and the priest that belonged to him, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people. They killed them with their swords and burned the city. <a href="/hcsb/judges/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> After they had taken the gods Micah had made and the priest that belonged to him, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people. They killed them with their swords and burned down the city. <a href="/asv/judges/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. <a href="/erv/judges/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. <a href="/gwt/judges/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The people of Dan took what Micah had made and the man who had become his priest and went to the city of Laish. They attacked a peaceful and secure people, killed them all with swords, and burned their city. <a href="/isv/judges/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> But the descendants of Dan took what Micah had made, along with the priest who had worked for him, and went to Laish, to a quiet and carefree people, and killed them with swords. Then they set fire to the city. <a href="/net/judges/18.htm">NET Bible</a> Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. <a href="/nheb/judges/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. <a href="/wbt/judges/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/judges/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city. <a href="/web/judges/18.htm">World English Bible</a> They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and strike them by the mouth of the sword, and have burned the city with fire, <a href="/ylt/judges/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire, <a href="/slt/judges/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they took what Micah made, and the priest which was to him, and they will go to Laish, upon a people quiet and confiding: and they will strike them with the mouth of the sword, and they will burn the city with fire.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city was burnt with fire, <a href="/cpdv/judges/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we stated above, and they went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and they struck them down with the edge of the sword. And they burned the city with fire. <a href="/nabre/judges/18.htm">New American Bible</a> Having taken what Micah had made and his priest, they marched against Laish, a quiet and trusting people; they put them to the sword and destroyed the city by fire. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they took the things which Micah had made and the priest that he had, and came to Laish against the people who were rich and quiet; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire. <a href="/hpbt/judges/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And those took the thing that Mikah made and they took the Priest who was his, and they entered Lish against the rich and quiet people and they struck them with the mouth of the sword, and the city they burned in fire<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. <a href="/sep/judges/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the children of Dan took what Michaias had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laisa, to a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. <a href="/parallel/judges/18-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=5516" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">The Danites Take Micah's Idols</a> …26So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him. 27<a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm·māh (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">After they</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">had taken</a> <a href="/hebrew/4318.htm" title="4318: mî·ḵāh (N-proper-ms) -- The name of several Isr. An abbrev. Of Miykayah; Micah, the name of seven Israelites.">Micah’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">and his priest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">they went</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3919.htm" title="3919: la·yiš (N-proper-fs) -- Laish -- lion, a city and region in northern Canaan. The same as layish; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine.">Laish,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8252.htm" title="8252: šō·qêṭ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be quiet or undisturbed. A primitive root; to repose.">a tranquil</a> <a href="/hebrew/982.htm" title="982: ū·ḇō·ṭê·aḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To trust. A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure.">and unsuspecting</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yak·kū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">and they struck</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥā·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">with their swords</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: śā·rə·p̄ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">and burned down</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ḇā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city.</a> 28There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Joshua 19:47</a> (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.) <a href="/judges/1-34.htm">Judges 1:34</a> The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain. <a href="/judges/17-6.htm">Judges 17:6</a> In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. <a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a> In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Deuteronomy 12:8</a> You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes. <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">1 Samuel 15:3</a> Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a> After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">2 Kings 17:29-33</a> Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places. / The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, / the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim. ... <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a> I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Hosea 4:9</a> And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <a href="/matthew/24-11.htm">Matthew 24:11</a> and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. <a href="/john/10-12.htm">John 10:12</a> The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29</a> I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.Laish<a href="/judges/18-7.htm">Judges 18:7,10</a> 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… they smote<a href="/deuteronomy/33-22.htm">Deuteronomy 33:22</a> And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.<a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Joshua 19:47</a> 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.burnt<a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11</a> And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/15-8.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/judges/17-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/8-11.htm">Confident</a> <a href="/judges/18-10.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/judges/18-26.htm">Danites</a> <a href="/judges/7-19.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Laish</a> <a href="/judges/1-24.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/judges/18-26.htm">Micah</a> <a href="/judges/18-19.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/genesis/34-21.htm">Peaceful</a> <a href="/judges/18-24.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/judges/18-19.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">Quietly</a> <a href="/judges/18-10.htm">Secure</a> <a href="/judges/11-21.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/judges/15-15.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/15-16.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/judges/9-54.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/judges/18-10.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/judges/18-10.htm">Unsuspecting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/13-3.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/ruth/4-3.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-15.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/judges/20-26.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/judges/18-28.htm">City</a> <a href="/job/6-20.htm">Confident</a> <a href="/ruth/2-22.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/judges/18-28.htm">Danites</a> <a href="/judges/20-37.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/judges/18-29.htm">Laish</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/judges/18-31.htm">Micah</a> <a href="/judges/20-37.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-19.htm">Peaceful</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-9.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-9.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm">Quietly</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-34.htm">Secure</a> <a href="/judges/20-31.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/judges/20-35.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/20-32.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/judges/20-5.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-9.htm">Unsuspecting</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 18</div>1. <a href="/judges/18-1.htm">The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance</a> 3. <a href="/judges/18-3.htm">At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged</a> 7. <a href="/judges/18-7.htm">They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope</a> 11. <a href="/judges/18-11.htm">Six hundred men are sent to surprise it</a> 16. <a href="/judges/18-16.htm">In their way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things</a> 27. <a href="/judges/18-27.htm">They win Laish, and call it Dan</a> 30. <a href="/judges/18-30.htm">They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherits the priesthood.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This reflects the spiritual confusion and idolatry prevalent in Israel during the time of the Judges, a period marked by the repeated cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance. The taking of idols and a priest highlights the syncretism and the lack of true worship of Yahweh, as the Danites sought to establish their own religious practices rather than adhering to the covenantal laws given to Israel.they went to Laish Laish, later known as Dan, was located in the northernmost part of Israel. The geographical location is significant as it marks the extent of Israel's territory from "Dan to Beersheba." Archaeological evidence suggests that Laish was a prosperous and isolated city, which made it an attractive target for the Danites. The journey to Laish signifies the tribe of Dan's search for a permanent inheritance, as they had not yet secured their allotted territory.to a quiet and unsuspecting people The description of the people of Laish as "quiet and unsuspecting" indicates their peaceful nature and lack of preparedness for an attack. This reflects the moral decline in Israel, where the Danites, rather than seeking God's guidance, chose to exploit the vulnerability of others for their gain. The peacefulness of Laish contrasts with the aggressive actions of the Danites, highlighting the ethical and spiritual decay during this period.and they struck them with their swords The violent conquest of Laish by the Danites is a stark reminder of the lawlessness and brutality that characterized the era of the Judges. This act of aggression was not sanctioned by God, as the Danites acted out of self-interest rather than divine command. The use of swords signifies the physical force and warfare that were common in territorial expansions during ancient times.and burned down the city Burning the city of Laish symbolizes total destruction and the complete takeover by the Danites. This act ensured that the original inhabitants could not reclaim their land, allowing the Danites to establish their own settlement. The destruction of Laish can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual desolation in Israel, where the true worship of God was often replaced by idolatry and self-serving actions. The burning of the city also foreshadows the eventual judgment and exile that would come upon Israel due to their continued disobedience and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a> An Ephraimite who created a shrine with idols and hired a Levite to be his personal priest. His actions reflect the spiritual confusion and idolatry prevalent in Israel during this period. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_danites.htm">The Danites</a> A tribe of Israel seeking a territory to settle. They took Micah's idols and priest, demonstrating their disregard for God's commandments and the established order of worship. 3. <a href="/topical/l/laish.htm">Laish</a> A peaceful and unsuspecting city, which the Danites attacked and destroyed. This event highlights the moral decline and lawlessness in Israel during the time of the Judges. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_levite_priest.htm">The Levite Priest</a> Initially serving Micah, he was enticed by the Danites to serve as their priest, showing the corruption and opportunism among the religious leaders of the time. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_idols.htm">The Idols</a> Represent the false worship and idolatry that had infiltrated Israel, contrary to the worship of Yahweh as commanded in the Law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to spiritual blindness and moral decay. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disregarding God's commandments leads to chaos and destruction, as seen in the fate of Laish. Obedience to God brings order and blessing. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Role of Spiritual Leadership</a> Leaders must remain faithful to God's Word. The Levite's actions warn against compromising truth for personal gain. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Community Vigilance</a> The unsuspecting nature of Laish serves as a reminder for communities to be spiritually vigilant and discerning. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_amidst_chaos.htm">God's Sovereignty Amidst Chaos</a> Even in times of moral decline, God remains sovereign. Believers can trust in His ultimate plan and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 18</a> <a href="/q/is_laish's_isolation_in_judges_18_7_accurate.htm">Does archaeological evidence confirm a city like Laish (Judges 18:7) existing so isolated and unfortified, or does the narrative conflict with external data? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_laish's_swift_conquest_align_biblically.htm">How does the swift, seemingly unopposed conquest of Laish in Judges 18:27–29 align with other biblical accounts or historical records of territorial conflicts? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_danites'_move_align_with_history.htm">In Judges 18:2, how can the Danites’ sudden relocation from the south to the distant north be reconciled with known settlement patterns or historical records? </a> <a href="/q/why_is_a_carved_image_allowed_in_judges_18_31.htm">How do we reconcile the setting up of a carved image in Judges 18:31 with the strict prohibition against idolatry found elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) Burnt the city with fire.--This was unusual, for we are told that Hazor was the only city which Joshua burnt (<a href="/joshua/11-13.htm" title="But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.">Joshua 11:13</a>). Perhaps they had devoted the city by a ban, as Jericho was devoted (<a href="/joshua/6-24.htm" title="And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.">Joshua 6:24</a>); or the burning may have been due to policy or to accident. Probably the notion that such conduct was cruel and unjustifiable never occurred to them; nor must we judge them by the standard of Christian times. But Dan was no gainer. His name disappears from the records of <a href="/1_chronicles/4-1.htm" title="The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.">1Chronicles 4:1</a>, and he is not mentioned among the elected tribes in Revelation 7. Blunt (Undesigned Coincidences, pt. 2, 4) conjectures, from <a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm" title="The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of engraving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with your cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David your father.">2Chronicles 2:14</a>, that the cause of their disappearance from Israelite records--the latest mention of them as a tribe being in <a href="/1_chronicles/27-22.htm" title="Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.">1Chronicles 27:22</a>--was due to their intermarriages with the Ph?nicians.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - And they. In the Hebrew the they is emphatic. It would be better expressed in English by repeating The children of Dan. The repetition of the epithets quiet and secure, as applied to the people of Laish, rather seems to indicate the writer's reprobation of the deed as cruel, like that of Simeon and Levi in slaying Hamor and Shechem. They smote them with the edge of the sword - a phrase denoting an exterminating slaughter (<a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Exodus 34:26</a>; <a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Joshua 19:47</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/15-8.htm">1 Samuel 15:8</a>, etc.). And they burnt the city, etc. Perhaps they had made the people and city a cherem, a devoted thing, and therefore slew the one and burnt the other (cf. <a href="/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3</a>; <a href="/joshua/8-19.htm">Joshua 8:19</a>; <a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11</a>, etc.); or the burning of the city may have been one of the means by which they destroyed the people. <a href="/commentaries/judges/18-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>After they וְהֵ֨מָּה (wə·hêm·māh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They had taken לָקְח֜וּ (lā·qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take Micah's מִיכָ֗ה (mî·ḵāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4318.htm">Strong's 4318: </a> Micah -- the name of several Israelites [idols] אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that and his priest, הַכֹּהֵן֮ (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest they went וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Laish, לַ֗יִשׁ (la·yiš) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3919.htm">Strong's 3919: </a> Laish -- 'lion', a city and region in northern Canaan to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against a tranquil שֹׁקֵ֣ט (šō·qêṭ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8252.htm">Strong's 8252: </a> To be quiet or undisturbed and unsuspecting וּבֹטֵ֔חַ (ū·ḇō·ṭê·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_982.htm">Strong's 982: </a> To trust, be confident, sure people, עַם֙ (‘am) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and they struck וַיַּכּ֥וּ (way·yak·kū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike them אוֹתָ֖ם (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case with their swords חָ֑רֶב (ḥā·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword and burned down שָׂרְפ֥וּ (śā·rə·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> To be, on fire the city. הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/18-27.htm">Judges 18:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/18-27.htm">OT History: Judges 18:27 They took that which Micah had made (Jd Judg. 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