John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 18:7
And the five men departed ,.... From Mount Ephraim, and Micah's house there: and came to Laish ; which, according to Bunting F19 Ut supra. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c.; p. 112.) , was one hundred and four miles from Mount Ephraim, and so many he makes it to be from Jerusalem; it lay at the furthest northern border of the land of Canaan, at the foot of Mount Lebanon, near the fountain of Jordan; it was four miles from Paneas, as Jerom says F20 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. H. ,... 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