1. Judges 18:27 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How does this verse repeat Judges 18:7?

Judges 18:27 (ESV)

27 But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

This verse repeats from Judges 18:7 that the people from Laish are a people quiet and unsuspecting. The repetition of these details about Laish’s peacefulness and unsuspecting character on account of their isolation is to underline their status as victim.