Judges 18:5-11

⁵So they said to him, “Please ask God if we will succeed in what we are trying to do on this journey.”

⁶The young man replied, “Things will go well for you. Yahweh will go with you on this journey.”

⁷The next day the five men left. When they came to Laish city, they saw that the people there lived safely, like the people in Sidon city did. The people there thought that they were safe/protected from any enemies, and they had plenty of good fertile land. They lived very far from the people of Sidon, so the people of Sidon would not be able to help defend/protect them. They had no other ◄allies/groups nearby that would help them in battles►.

⁸When those five men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them “What did you find out?”

⁹They replied, “We have found some land, and it is very good. We should go and attack the people who live there. Why are you staying here and doing nothing RHQ? Do not wait any longer! We should go immediately and take possession of that land!

¹⁰When you go there, you will see that there is plenty of land, and it has everything that we will need. The people there are not expecting anyone to attack them. Surely God is giving that land to us.”

¹¹So six hundred men from the tribe of Dan left Zorah and Eshtaol, carrying their weapons.