Judges 18:2
“And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men,.... According to Abarbinel one out of a family, as Moses sent one…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
This identity of locality with the scene of Samson’s birth and death indicates that both narratives are drawn from the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 18:1-6
Here is, 1. The eye which these Danites had upon Laish, not the whole tribe of Dan, but one family of them, to whose…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The repetitions in this verse (of their family, of their whole number; five, men, menof valour; to searchit, searchthe…
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