Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
How they
Magistrate
Bible References
How they
Judges 18:27
They took the things Micah made and the priest who belonged to him and attacked Laish. Laish was a town of peaceful, quiet people in the same valley as Bethrehob. They killed the inhabitants and burned the town.
Revelation 18:7
To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.'
Magistrate
1 Samuel 3:13
I told him I would hand down a long lasting judgment against his household because he knew about his sons' sin. They were cursing God but he did not restrain them.
1 Kings 1:6
His father never confronted him by asking: Why have you done this?
Romans 13:3
For rulers are objects of fear, not to good works, but to the evil. Will you not have respect for the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from it.
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do good.