Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Laish

Burnt

General references

Bible References

Laish

Judges 18:7
And the five men went and came to Laish, and they observed the people who [were] living according to the customs of [the] Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, and lacking nothing in the land, and possessing restraint. And they [were] far from [the] Sidonians and had no word with anyone.

They smote

Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, "Dan [is] a cub of lion; he leaps from Bashan."
Joshua 19:47
The border of the descendants of Dan continued {beyond them}, because the descendants of Dan went up and fought with Lesham, and they captured and struck it with {the edge of the sword}, and they took possession of it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

Burnt

Joshua 11:11
He struck all the people that [were] in it with {the edge of the sword}, utterly destroying them. {There was no one left who breathed}, and he burned Hazor with fire.

General references

Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, "Dan [is] a cub of lion; he leaps from Bashan."