07_JUD_18_01 in those days [ there was ] no king in Israel : And in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day [ all their ] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel .
07_JUD_18_02 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts , men of valour , from Zorah , And from Eshtaol , to spy out the land , And to search it ; And they said unto them , go , search the land : who when they came to mount Ephraim , to the house of Micah , they lodged there .
07_JUD_18_03 when they [ were ] by the house of Micah , they knew the voice of the young man the Levite : And they turned in thither , And said unto him , who brought thee hither ? And what makest thou in this [ place ] ? And what hast thou here ?
07_JUD_18_04 And he said unto them , thus And thus dealeth Micah with me , And hath hired me , And I am his priest .
07_JUD_18_05 And they said unto him , ask counsel , we pray thee , of God , that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous .
07_JUD_18_06 And the priest said unto them , go in peace : before the LORD [ Is ] your way wherein ye go .
07_JUD_18_07 Then the five men departed , And came to Laish , And saw the people that [ were ] therein , how they dwelt careless , after the manner of the Zidonians , quiet And secure ; And [ there was ] no magistrate in the land , that might put [ them ] to shame in [ any ] thing ; And they [ were ] far from the Zidonians , And had no business with [ any ] man .
07_JUD_18_08 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah And Eshtaol : And their brethren said unto them , what [ say ] ye ?
07_JUD_18_09 And they said , Arise , that we may go up against them : for we have seen the land , And , behold , it [ Is ] very good : And [ are ] ye still ? be not slothful to go , [ And ] to enter to possess the land .
07_JUD_18_10 when ye go , ye shall come unto A people secure , And to A large land : for God hath given it into your hands ; A place where [ there Is ] no want of any thing that [ Is ] in the earth .
07_JUD_18_11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites , out of Zorah And out of Eshtaol , six hundred men appointed with weapons of war .
07_JUD_18_12 And they went up , And pitched in Kirjathjearim , in Judah : Wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day : behold , [ it Is ] behind Kirjathjearim .
07_JUD_18_13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim , And came unto the house of Micah .
07_JUD_18_14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish , And said unto their brethren , do ye know that there Is in These houses an Ephod , And teraphim , And A graven image , And A molten image ? now therefore consider what ye have to do .
07_JUD_18_15 And they turned thitherward , And came to the house of the young man the Levite , [ even ] unto the house of Micah , And saluted him .
07_JUD_18_16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war , which [ were ] of the children of Dan , stood by the entering of the gate .
07_JUD_18_17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up , [ And ] came in thither , [ And ] took the graven image , And the Ephod , And the teraphim , And the molten image : And the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [ that were ] appointed with weapons of war .
07_JUD_18_18 And These went into Micah's house , And fetched the carved image , the Ephod , And the teraphim , And the molten image . Then said the priest unto them , what do ye ?
07_JUD_18_19 And they said unto him , hold thy peace , lay thine hand upon thy mouth , And go with us , And be to us A Father And A priest : [ Is it ] Better for thee to be A priest unto the house of one man , or that thou be A priest unto A tribe And A family in Israel ?
07_JUD_18_20 And the priest's heart was glad , And he took the Ephod , And the teraphim , And the graven image , And went in the midst of the people .
07_JUD_18_21 So they turned And departed , And put the little ones And the cattle And the carriage before them .
07_JUD_18_22 [ And ] when they were A good way from the house of Micah , the men that [ were ] in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together , And overtook the children of Dan .
07_JUD_18_23 And they cried unto the children of Dan . And they turned their faces , And said unto Micah , what aileth thee , that thou comest with such A company ?
07_JUD_18_24 And he said , ye have taken away my gods which I made , And the priest , And ye are gone away : And what have I more ? And what [ Is ] this [ that ] ye say unto me , what aileth thee ?
07_JUD_18_25 And the children of Dan said unto him , let not thy voice be heard among us , lest angry fellows run upon thee , And thou lose thy life , with the lives of thy household .
07_JUD_18_26 And the children of Dan went their way : And when Micah saw that they [ were ] too strong for him , he turned And went back unto his house .
07_JUD_18_27 And they took [ the things ] which Micah had made , And the priest which he had , And came unto Laish , unto A people [ that were ] at quiet And secure : And they smote them with the edge of the sword , And burnt the city with fire .
07_JUD_18_28 And [ there was ] no deliverer , because it [ was ] far from Zidon , And they had no business with [ any ] man ; And it was in the valley that [ lieth ] by Bethrehob . And they built A city , And dwelt therein .
07_JUD_18_29 And they called the name of the city Dan , after the name of Dan their Father , who was born unto Israel : Howbeit the name of the city [ was ] Laish at the first .
07_JUD_18_30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image : And Jonathan , the son of Gershom , the son of Manasseh , he And his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land .
07_JUD_18_31 And they set them up Micah's graven image , which he made , all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh .