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Judges 18:28

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And there: 2 Samuel 14:6 *marg. Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22; Daniel 3:15-17

far from: Probably the people of Laish were originally a colony of the Zidonians; who being an opulent people, and in possession of a strong city, lived in a state of security, not being afraid of their neighbours. In this the Leshemites imitated them, though they appear not to have had the same reason for their confidence; and though they might naturally expect help from their countrymen, yet as they lived at a considerable distance from Sidon, the Danites saw they could strike the blow before the news of the invasion could reach that city. Judges 18:1, Judges 18:7; Joshua 11:8; Isaiah 23:4, Isaiah 23:12

Bethrehob: Numbers 13:21, Rehob, 2 Samuel 10:6

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