So the five men departed and came to (A)Laish, and saw the people who were in it living in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting; for there was no [a]oppressive ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:7 Or oppressive conqueror; lit possessor of oppression

“Now, then, hear this, you (A)luxuriant one,
Who (B)lives securely,
Who says in her heart,
(C)I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will (D)not sit as a widow,
Nor know the loss of children.’

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