Judges 18:25-31

25The people of Dan replied, “Don’t make another sound, or some violent men will attack you. Then you and your family will lose your lives.”

26The people of Dan went on their way. Micah saw they were stronger than he was, so he turned around and went home.

27The people of Dan took what Micah had made and the man who had become his priest and went to the city of Laish. They attacked a peaceful and secure people, killed them all with swords, and burned their city.

28There was no one to rescue them because their city was far from Sidon and totally independent. The city was in the valley that belonged to Beth Rehob. The people of Dan rebuilt the city and lived in it.

29They named the city Dan in honor of their ancestor Dan, Israel’s son. Originally, the city was called Laish.

30The people of Dan set up the carved idol for themselves. Jonathan (son of Gershom and grandson of Moses) and his descendants were priests for Dan’s tribe until the people living in that land were taken captive.

31So they set up for themselves the carved idol Micah had made. It stayed there the whole time the house of God was at Shiloh.