18:1 In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel.
And
in
those
days
the
tribe
of
the
people
of
Dan
was
seeking
for
itself
an
inheritance
to
dwell
in,
for
until
then
no
inheritance
among
the
tribes
of
Israel
had
fallen
to
them.
18:2 So
the
people
of
Dan
sent
five
able
men
from
the
whole
number
of
their
tribe,
from
Zorah
and
from
Eshtaol,
to
spy
out
the
land
and
to
explore
it.
And
they
said
to
them,
"Go
and
explore
the
land."
And
they
came
to
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
to
the
house
of
Micah,
and
lodged
there.
18:3 When
they
were
by
the
house
of
Micah,
they
recognized
the
voice
of
the
young
Levite.
And
they
turned
aside
and
said
to
him,
"Who
brought
you
here
What
are
you
doing
in
this
place
What
is
your
business
here"
18:4 And
he
said
to
them,
"This
is
how
Micah
dealt
with
me:
he
has
hired
me,
and
I
have
become
his
priest."
18:5 And
they
said
to
him,
"Inquire
of
God,
please,
that
we
may
know
whether
the
journey
on
which
we
are
setting
out
will
succeed."
18:6 And
the
priest
said
to
them,
"Go
in
peace.
The
journey
on
which
you
go
is
under
the
eye
of
the
LORD."
18:7 Then
the
five
men
departed
and
came
to
Laish
and
saw
the
people
who
were
there,
how
they
lived
in
security,
after
the
manner
of
the
Sidonians,
quiet
and
unsuspecting,
lacking
nothing
that
is
in
the
earth
and
possessing
wealth,
and
how
they
were
far
from
the
Sidonians
and
had
no
dealings
with
anyone.
18:8 And
when
they
came
to
their
brothers
at
Zorah
and
Eshtaol,
their
brothers
said
to
them,
"What
do
you
report"
18:9 They
said,
"Arise,
and
let
us
go
up
against
them,
for
we
have
seen
the
land,
and
behold,
it
is
very
good.
And
will
you
do
nothing
Do
not
be
slow
to
go,
to
enter
in
and
possess
the
land.
18:10 As
soon
as
you
go,
you
will
come
to
an
unsuspecting
people.
The
land
is
spacious,
for
God
has
given
it
into
your
hands,
a
place
where
there
is
no
lack
of
anything
that
is
in
the
earth."
18:11 So
600
men
of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
armed
with
weapons
of
war,
set
out
from
Zorah
and
Eshtaol,
18:12 and
went
up
and
encamped
at
Kiriath-jearim
in
Judah.
On
this
account
that
place
is
called
Mahaneh-dan
to
this
day;
behold,
it
is
west
of
Kiriath-jearim.
18:13 And
they
passed
on
from
there
to
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
came
to
the
house
of
Micah.
18:14 Then
the
five
men
who
had
gone
to
scout
out
the
country
of
Laish
said
to
their
brothers,
"Do
you
know
that
in
these
houses
there
are
an
ephod,
household
gods,
a
carved
image,
and
a
metal
image
Now
therefore
consider
what
you
will
do."
18:15 And
they
turned
aside
there
and
came
to
the
house
of
the
young
Levite,
at
the
home
of
Micah,
and
asked
him
about
his
welfare.
18:16 Now
the
600
men
of
the
Danites,
armed
with
their
weapons
of
war,
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
18:17 And
the
five
men
who
had
gone
to
scout
out
the
land
went
up
and
entered
and
took
the
carved
image,
the
ephod,
the
household
gods,
and
the
metal
image,
while
the
priest
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate
with
the
600
men
armed
with
weapons
of
war.
18:18 And
when
these
went
into
Micah's
house
and
took
the
carved
image,
the
ephod,
the
household
gods,
and
the
metal
image,
the
priest
said
to
them,
"What
are
you
doing"
18:19 And
they
said
to
him,
"Keep
quiet;
put
your
hand
on
your
mouth
and
come
with
us
and
be
to
us
a
father
and
a
priest.
Is
it
better
for
you
to
be
priest
to
the
house
of
one
man,
or
to
be
priest
to
a
tribe
and
clan
in
Israel"
18:20 And
the
priest's
heart
was
glad.
He
took
the
ephod
and
the
household
gods
and
the
carved
image
and
went
along
with
the
people.
18:21 So
they
turned
and
departed,
putting
the
little
ones
and
the
livestock
and
the
goods
in
front
of
them.
18:22 When
they
had
gone
a
distance
from
the
home
of
Micah,
the
men
who
were
in
the
houses
near
Micah's
house
were
called
out,
and
they
overtook
the
people
of
Dan.
18:23 And
they
shouted
to
the
people
of
Dan,
who
turned
around
and
said
to
Micah,
"What
is
the
matter
with
you,
that
you
come
with
such
a
company"
18:24 And
he
said,
"You
take
my
gods
that
I
made
and
the
priest,
and
go
away,
and
what
have
I
left
How
then
do
you
ask
me,
'What
is
the
matter
with
you'"
18:25 And
the
people
of
Dan
said
to
him,
"Do
not
let
your
voice
be
heard
among
us,
lest
angry
fellows
fall
upon
you,
and
you
lose
your
life
with
the
lives
of
your
household."
18:26 Then
the
people
of
Dan
went
their
way.
And
when
Micah
saw
that
they
were
too
strong
for
him,
he
turned
and
went
back
to
his
home.
18:27 But
the
people
of
Dan
took
what
Micah
had
made,
and
the
priest
who
belonged
to
him,
and
they
came
to
Laish,
to
a
people
quiet
and
unsuspecting,
and
struck
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword
and
burned
the
city
with
fire.
18:28 And
there
was
no
deliverer
because
it
was
far
from
Sidon,
and
they
had
no
dealings
with
anyone.
It
was
in
the
valley
that
belongs
to
Beth-rehob.
Then
they
rebuilt
the
city
and
lived
in
it.
18:29 And
they
named
the
city
Dan,
after
the
name
of
Dan
their
ancestor,
who
was
born
to
Israel;
but
the
name
of
the
city
was
Laish
at
the
first.
18:30 And
the
people
of
Dan
set
up
the
carved
image
for
themselves,
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Gershom,
son
of
Moses,
and
his
sons
were
priests
to
the
tribe
of
the
Danites
until
the
day
of
the
captivity
of
the
land.
18:31 So
they
set
up
Micah's
carved
image
that
he
made,
as
long
as
the
house
of
God
was
at
Shiloh.