Judges 18:1-29 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to live in; for to that day all their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

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1 H3117 In those days H4428 there was no king H3478 in Israel: H3117 and in those days H7626 the tribe H1839 of the Danites H1245 sought H5159 them an inheritance H3427 to live in; H3117 for to that day H5159 all their inheritance H5307 had not fallen H8432 to them among H7626 the tribes H3478 of Israel.

2 H1121 And the sons H1835 of Dan H7971 sent H4940 of their family H2568 five H582 men H7098 from their coasts, H1121 men H2428 of valor, H6881 from Zorah, H847 and from Eshtaol, H7270 to spy H776 out the land, H2713 and to search H559 it; and they said H3212 to them, Go, H2713 search H776 the land: H935 who when they came H2022 to mountain H669 Ephraim, H1004 to the house H4318 of Micah, H3885 they lodged there.

3 H1004 When they were by the house H4318 of Micah, H5234 they knew H6963 the voice H5288 of the young man H3881 the Levite: H5493 and they turned in H559 there, and said H935 to him, Who brought H1988 you here? H6213 and what do you in this place? and what have you here?

4 H559 And he said H2090 to them, Thus H2090 and thus H6213 dealt H4318 Micah H7936 with me, and has hired H3548 me, and I am his priest.

5 H559 And they said H7592 to him, Ask counsel, H430 we pray you, of God, H3045 that we may know H1870 whether our way H1980 which we go H6743 shall be prosperous.

6 H3548 And the priest H559 said H3212 to them, Go H7965 in peace: H5227 before H3068 the Lord H1870 is your way H3212 where you go.

7 H2568 Then the five H582 men H3212 departed, H935 and came H3919 to Laish, H7200 and saw H5971 the people H7130 that were in it, H3427 how they lived H983 careless, H4941 after the manner H6722 of the Zidonians, H8252 quiet H982 and secure; H3423 and there was no magistrate H776 in the land, H3637 that might put them to shame H1697 in any thing; H7350 and they were far H6722 from the Zidonians, H1697 and had no business H120 with any man.

8 H935 And they came H251 to their brothers H6881 to Zorah H847 and Eshtaol: H251 and their brothers H559 said to them, What say you?

9 H559 And they said, H6965 Arise, H5927 that we may go up H7200 against them: for we have seen H776 the land, H3966 and, behold, it is very H2896 good: H2814 and are you still? H6101 be not slothful H3212 to go, H935 and to enter H3423 to possess H776 the land.

10 H935 When you go, H935 you shall come H5971 to a people H982 secure, H7342 and to a large H776 land: H430 for God H5414 has given H3027 it into your hands; H4725 a place H4270 where there is no want H1697 of any thing H776 that is in the earth.

11 H5265 And there went H4940 from there of the family H1839 of the Danites, H6881 out of Zorah H847 and out of Eshtaol, H8337 six H3967 hundred H376 men H2296 appointed H3627 with weapons H4421 of war.

12 H5927 And they went up, H2583 and pitched H7157 in Kirjath–jearim, H3063 in Judah: H7121 why they called H4725 that place H4265 Mahaneh–dan H3117 to this day: H310 behold, it is behind H7157 Kirjath–jearim.

13 H5674 And they passed H2022 there to mountain H669 Ephraim, H935 and came H1004 to the house H4318 of Micah.

14 H6030 Then answered H2568 the five H582 men H1980 that went H7270 to spy out H776 the country H3919 of Laish, H559 and said H251 to their brothers, H3045 Do you know H3426 that there is H1004 in these houses H646 an ephod, H8655 and teraphim, H6459 and a engraved image, H4541 and a molten image? H3045 now therefore consider H6213 what you have to do.

15 H5493 And they turned H935 aside, and came H1004 to the house H5288 of the young man H3881 the Levite, H1004 even to the house H4318 of Micah, H7592 and greeted him.

16 H8337 And the six H3967 hundred H376 men H2296 appointed H3627 with their weapons H4421 of war, H1121 which were of the sons H1835 of Dan, H5324 stood H6607 by the entering H8179 of the gate.

17 H2568 And the five H582 men H1980 that went H7270 to spy out H776 the land H5927 went up, H935 and came in H3947 there, and took H6459 the engraved image, H646 and the ephod, H8655 and the teraphim, H4541 and the molten image: H3548 and the priest H5324 stood H6607 in the entering H8179 of the gate H8337 with the six H3967 hundred H376 men H2296 that were appointed H3627 with weapons H4421 of war.

18 H935 And these went H4318 into Micah's H1004 house, H3947 and fetched H6459 the carved image, H646 the ephod, H8655 and the teraphim, H4541 and the molten image. H559 Then said H3548 the priest H6213 to them, What do you

19 H559 And they said H2790 to him, Hold your peace, H7760 lay H3027 your hand H6310 upon your mouth, H3212 and go H1961 with us, and be to us H1 a father H3548 and a priest: H2896 is it better H3548 for you to be a priest H1004 to the house H259 of one H376 man, H3548 or that you be a priest H7626 to a tribe H4940 and a family H3478 in Israel?

20 H3548 And the priest's H3820 heart H3190 was glad, H3947 and he took H646 the ephod, H8655 and the teraphim, H6459 and the engraved image, H935 and went in H7130 the middle H5971 of the people.

21 H6437 So they turned H3212 and departed, H7760 and put H2945 the little ones H4735 and the cattle H3520 and the carriage H6440 before them.

22 H7368 And when they were a good way H1004 from the house H4318 of Micah, H582 the men H1004 that were in the houses H4318 near to Micah's H1004 house H2199 were gathered together, H1692 and overtook H1121 the sons H1835 of Dan.

23 H7121 And they cried H1121 to the sons H1835 of Dan. H5437 And they turned H6440 their faces, H559 and said H4318 to Micah, H2199 What ails you, that you come with such a company?

24 H559 And he said, H3947 You have taken away H430 my gods H6213 which I made, H3548 and the priest, H3212 and you are gone away: H559 and what have I more? and what is this that you say to me, What ails you?

25 H1121 And the sons H1835 of Dan H559 said H6963 to him, Let not your voice H8085 be heard H4751 among us, lest angry H582 fellows H6293 run H622 upon you, and you lose H5315 your life, H5315 with the lives H1004 of your household.

26 H1121 And the sons H1835 of Dan H3212 went H1870 their way: H4318 and when Micah H7200 saw H2389 that they were too strong H6437 for him, he turned H7725 and went back H1004 to his house.

27 H3947 And they took H4318 the things which Micah H6213 had made, H3548 and the priest H935 which he had, and came H3919 to Laish, H5971 to a people H8252 that were at quiet H982 and secure: H5221 and they struck H6310 them with the edge H2719 of the sword, H8313 and burnt H5892 the city H784 with fire.

28 H5337 And there was no deliverer, H7350 because it was far H6721 from Zidon, H1697 and they had no business H120 with any man; H6010 and it was in the valley H1050 that lies by Beth–rehob. H1129 And they built H5892 a city, H3427 and lived in it.

29 H7121 And they called H8034 the name H5892 of the city H1835 Dan, H8034 after the name H1835 of Dan H1 their father, H3205 who was born H3478 to Israel: H199 but H8034 the name H5892 of the city H3919 was Laish H7223 at the first.