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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
So the five men left and traveled to the town of Laish. They saw how the people there lived in security like the Sidonians. They were a peaceful, quiet people, with no argument with anyone. They had all they needed. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had nothing to do with any other people.

They smote

Deuteronomy 33:22
Dan is a lion's cub. He leaps forth from Bashan.
Joshua 19:47
The boundary of the children of Dan went too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, put it to the sword and occupied it. They lived there and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Burnt

Joshua 11:11
They killed all the people there with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them. None were left alive. He burned Hazor with fire.

General references

Deuteronomy 33:22
Dan is a lion's cub. He leaps forth from Bashan.