MLV(i)
22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together and overtook the sons of Dan.
23 And they cried out to the sons of Dan. And they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you that you come with such a company? 24 And he said, you* have taken away my gods which I made and the priest and have gone away and what have I more? And how do you* then say to me, What troubles you?
25 And the sons 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. 26 And the sons of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 And they took what Micah had made and the priest whom he had and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure and killed* them with the edge of the sword and they burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with any man and it was in the valley that lies by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt in it. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was Laish at first.
30 And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 So they set up for them Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
23 And they cried out to the sons of Dan. And they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you that you come with such a company? 24 And he said, you* have taken away my gods which I made and the priest and have gone away and what have I more? And how do you* then say to me, What troubles you?
25 And the sons 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. 26 And the sons of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 And they took what Micah had made and the priest whom he had and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure and killed* them with the edge of the sword and they burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with any man and it was in the valley that lies by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt in it. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was Laish at first.
30 And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 So they set up for them Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.