Judges 18:14-31

14Then answered the fiveH2568 menH376 that wentH1980 to spyH7270 out the country of Laish, and saidH559 unto their brethren, Do ye knowH3045 that there is in these housesH1004 an ephodH646, and teraphimH8655, and a graven imageH6459, and a molten imageH6459? nowH6258 thereforeH6258 consider what ye have to do. 15And they turnedH5493 asideH5493 thither, and cameH935 to the houseH1004 of the youngH5288 manH5288 the LeviteH3881, even unto the houseH1004 of MicahH4318, and askedH7592 him of his welfareH7965. 16And the sixH8337 hundredH3967 menH376 girt with their weaponsH3627 of warH4421, who were of the children of DanH1835, stoodH5324 by the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179. 17And the fiveH2568 menH376 that wentH1980 to spyH7270 out the landH776 wentH1980 up, and cameH935 in thither, and tookH3947 the graven image, and the ephodH646, and the teraphimH8655, and the molten image: and the priestH3548 stoodH5324 by the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179 with the sixH8337 hundredH3967 menH376 girt with weaponsH3627 of warH4421. 18And when these wentH935 into Micah’s houseH1004, and fetched the graven imageH6459, the ephodH646, and the teraphimH8655, and the molten imageH6459, the priestH3548 saidH559 unto them, What do ye? 19And they saidH559 unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy handH3027 upon thy mouthH6310, and go with us, and beH1961 to us a fatherH1 and a priestH3548: is it betterH2896 for thee to beH1961 priestH3548 unto the houseH1004 of oneH259 manH376, or to beH1961 priestH3548 unto a tribeH7626 and a familyH4940 in IsraelH3478? 20And the priest’sH3548 heartH3820 was glad, and he tookH3947 the ephodH646, and the teraphimH8655, and the graven imageH6459, and wentH935 in the midstH7130 of the peopleH5971.

21So they turnedH6437 and departed, and putH7760 the littleH2945 onesH2945 and the cattle and the goods before them. 22WhenH834 they were a good way from the houseH1004 of MicahH4318, the menH376 that were in the housesH1004 near to Micah’sH4318 houseH1004 were gathered togetherH2199, and overtookH1692 the children of DanH1835. 23And they criedH2199 unto the children of DanH1835. And they turnedH5437 their facesH6440, and saidH559 unto MicahH4318, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? 24And he saidH559, ye have takenH3947 awayH3947 my godsH430 which I madeH6213, and the priestH3548, and are gone awayH3947, and what have I more? and howH4100 then sayH559 ye unto me, What aileth thee? 25And the children of DanH1835 saidH559 unto him, Let not thy voiceH6963 be heardH8085 among us, lestH6435 angry fellows fallH6293 upon you, and thou lose thy lifeH5315, with the livesH5315 of thy householdH1004. 26And the children of DanH1835 wentH7725 their wayH1870: and when MicahH4318 sawH7200 that they were too strongH2389 for him, he turnedH6437 and wentH7725 backH7725 unto his houseH1004.

27And they tookH3947 that which MicahH4318 had madeH6213, and the priestH3548 whom he had, and cameH935 unto Laish, unto a peopleH5971 quietH8252 and secureH982, and smote them with the edge of the swordH2719; and they burntH8313 the cityH5892 with fireH784. 28And there was no delivererH5337, because it was farH7350 from SidonH6721, and they had no dealings with any manH120; and it was in the valleyH6010 that lieth by Beth-rehobH1050. And they builtH1129 the cityH5892, and dweltH3427 therein. 29And they calledH7121 the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 DanH1835, after the nameH8034 of DanH1835 their fatherH1, who was bornH3205 unto IsraelH3478: howbeit the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 was Laish at the firstH7223. 30And the children of DanH1835 setH6965 up for themselves the graven imageH6459; and JonathanH3129, the sonH1121 of GershomH1647, the sonH1121 of Moses, he and his sonsH1121 wereH1961 priestsH3548 to the tribeH7626 of the Danites until the dayH3117 of the captivity of the landH776. 31So they setH7760 them up Micah’s graven imageH6459 which he madeH6213, all the time that the houseH1004 of GodH430 wasH1961 in ShilohH7887.