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Judges 18:25-31

25The DanitesH1121H1835 saidH559 to himH413, “Do notH408 raiseH8085 your voiceH6963 against usH5973, orH6435 angryH4751H5315 menH582 will attackH6293 you, and you and your familyH1004 will loseH622 your livesH5315.”

26So the DanitesH1121H1835 wentH1980 on their wayH1870, and Micah turnedH6437 to go backH7725H413 homeH1004, because heH4318 sawH7200 thatH3588 theyH1992 were too strongH2389 for himH4480.

27After theyH1992 had takenH3947 Micah’sH4318 idols and his priestH3548, they wentH935 toH5921 LaishH3919, toH5921 a quietH8252 and unsuspectingH982 peopleH5971, and they struckH5221 themH853H6310 with their swordsH2719 and burned downH8313H784 the cityH5892. 28There was no oneH369 to deliver themH5337, becauseH3588 the city was farH7350 from SidonH6721 and had noH369 allianceH1697 withH5973 anyoneH120; itH1931 was in a valleyH6010 nearH834 Beth-rehobH1050.

And the Danites rebuiltH1129 the cityH5892 and livedH3427 there. 29They namedH7121H8034 it DanH1835, afterH8034 their forefatherH1 DanH1835, whoH834 was bornH3205 to IsraelH3478—thoughH199 the cityH5892 was formerlyH7223 namedH8034 LaishH3919.

30The DanitesH1121H1835 set upH6965 idolsH6459 for themselves, and JonathanH3083 son ofH1121 GershomH1647, the sonH1121 of MosesH4519H1931,1 and his sonsH1121 wereH1961 priestsH3548 for the tribeH7626 of DanH1839 untilH5704 the dayH3117 of the captivityH1540 of the landH776.

31So they set upH7760 for themselves Micah’sH4318 graven imageH6459, and it was there the wholeH3605 timeH3117 the houseH1004 of GodH430 wasH1961 in ShilohH7887.

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 18:30 Some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts and Vulgate; other Hebrew and LXX manuscripts the son of Manasseh ↩

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