Judges 18:28

Beth-rehob Sidon

²⁶ And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

²⁷ 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.

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

²⁹ And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

³⁰ And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

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BSB: There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
KJV: And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
WEB: There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
ASV: And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein.
DARBY: And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
BLB: And [there was] no rescuer, because it [was] far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. And it [was] in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and dwelt there.

ÅB: Og der var ingen som kom dem til hjelp; for byen lå langt fra Sidon, og de hadde intet å gjøre med noe menneske. Den lå i dalen ved Bet-Rehob. De bygget den opp igjen og bosatte seg der.
OTB: Det var ingen som kunne redde dem fordi de bodde langt fra Sidon og hadde ingen forbindelser med noen andre. Byen lå i en dal nær Bet-Rehob. Danittene bygde opp byen igjen og bosatte seg der.
B1930: Og der var ingen som kom dem til hjelp; for byen lå langt fra Sidon, og de hadde intet å gjøre med noget menneske. Den lå i dalen ved Bet-Rehob. De bygget den op igjen og bosatte sig der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

2 Samuel 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
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Numbers 13:21
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
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Judges 18:7
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.
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Psalms 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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2 Samuel 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
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Isaiah 23:4
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
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Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
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