John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 18:12
And they went up and pitched in Kirjathjearim in Judah ,.... Of which place see Joshua 15:9 . According to Bunting F1 Ut supra. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c.; p. 112.) it was sixteen miles from Zorah and Eshtaol, and this was their first day's march: wherefore they called the name of that place Mahanehdan unto this day ; which signifies the camp of Dan, or of the Danites; so it was called in the times of Samson, Judges 13:25 and is a proof that this expedition was before... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 18:7-13
Here is, I. The observation which the spies made upon the city of Laish, and the posture of its inhabitants, Jdg. 18:7. Never was place so ill governed and so ill guarded, which would make it a very easy prey to the invader. 1. It was ill governed, for every man might be as bad as he would, and there was no magistrate, no heir of restraint (as the word is), that might so much as put them to shame in any thing, much less put them to death, so that by the most impudent immoralities they provoked... read more