Judges 18:27 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →The Danites reach the peaceful city of Laish, strike it with the sword, and burn it down.
What Does Judges 18:27 Mean?
Carrying Micah's images and his priest, the Danites reach Laish and fall upon its quiet, unsuspecting people, striking them with the sword and burning the city. The peaceful town described earlier is overrun in a single stroke.
The violence done to a harmless people is told plainly, without celebration, so its full sorrow is felt. A tribe that carried idols into battle leaves a city in ashes behind it. Scripture refuses to glorify such conquest, and the bareness of the account is itself a judgment, pressing the reader to grieve over a world where the secure are slain and to long for the Prince of Peace.
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What does Judges 18:27 mean?
The Danites reach the peaceful city of Laish, strike it with the sword, and burn it down.