Judges 18:9

And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, and to enter in to possess the land.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

In Context

8And the five men came to their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit ye here idle?

10And whensoever ye shall go, ye shall come in upon a people secure, and the land is extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that the earth affords.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:7and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.

Joshua 18:3And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will ye be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?

2 Samuel 10:12Be thou courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God, and the Lord shall do that which is good in his eyes.

1 Kings 22:23And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:8-14

7 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. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and,… Read the whole commentary →

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