Shìshījì 18:9

9 Tāmen huídá shuō , qǐlai , wǒmen shàng qù gōngjī tāmen ba . wǒmen yǐjing kuītàn nà dì , jiàn nà dì shén hǎo . nǐmen wèihé jìng zuò bù dòng ne . yào jísù qián wǎng dé nà dì wèi yè , bùkĕ chíyán .

Shìshījì 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 18:9

And they said, arise, that me may go up against them
That is, prepare for war, and go up in an hostile manner against the present possessors of the land, not doubting of being masters of it easily:

for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good.
Adrichomius

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 says it was very good pasture land, and fertile, abounding with fruits of all kinds; and the same is attested by Josephus ^F25:

and are ye still?
can ye sit still, and be easy, and not bestir yourselves to go up and possess so good a country, of which an easy conquest may be made? or, affirmatively, "ye are still or silent" ^F26; ye make no answer to what we say, and seem careless and indifferent about the matter; or by way of exhortation, "be silent", either that the people may remain in their quiet, easy, careless state, and lest, on hearing designs against them, should prepare for their defence; or, as Abarbinel, lest any of the other tribes of Israel should hear of it, and go take it before them:

be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land;
they suggest that there was scarce anything more to be done than to go and take possession, and that it would be altogether owing to their sloth and indolence if they did not.

F24 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 3. sect. 1.)
F25 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 3. sect. 1.)
F26 (Myvxm Mta) "vos autem desidetis", Tigurine version; "et vos quiescitis", Munster.

Shìshījì 18:9 In-Context

7 Wǔ rén jiù zǒu le , lái dào là yì , jiàn nàli de mín ān jū wú lǜ , rútóng Xīdùn rén ān jū yíyàng . zaì nà dì méiyǒu rén zhǎngquán rǎoluàn tāmen . tāmen lí Xīdùn rén yĕ yuǎn , yǔ biérén méiyǒu láiwǎng .

8 Wǔ rén huí dào Suǒlà hé Yǐshí taó , jiàn tāmende dìxiōng . dìxiōng wèn tāmen shuō , nǐmen yǒu shénme huà .

9 Tāmen huídá shuō , qǐlai , wǒmen shàng qù gōngjī tāmen ba . wǒmen yǐjing kuītàn nà dì , jiàn nà dì shén hǎo . nǐmen wèihé jìng zuò bù dòng ne . yào jísù qián wǎng dé nà dì wèi yè , bùkĕ chíyán .

10 Nǐmen dào le nàli , bì kànjian ān jū wú lǜ de mín , dì yĕ kuānkuò . shén yǐ jiāng nà dì jiāo zaì nǐmen shǒu zhōng . nà dì bǎi wù jū quán , yī wú suǒ quē .

11 Yúshì dàn zú zhōng de liù bǎi rén , gè daì bīngqì , cóng Suǒlà hé Yǐshí taó qián wǎng ,