Judges 18:1-29

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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 [H8764] sought H5159 for themselves an inheritance H3427 [H8800] to dwell in H3117 ; for to that day H5159 all their inheritance H5307 [H8804] had not fallen H8432 to them among H7626 the tribes H3478 of Israel.
  2 H1121 And the children H1835 of Dan H7971 [H8799] sent H4940 of their family H2568 five H582 men H7098 from their land H1121 , men H2428 of valour H6881 , from Zorah H847 , and from Eshtaol H7270 [H8763] , to spy H776 out the land H2713 [H8800] , and to search H559 [H8799] it; and they said H3212 [H8798] to them, Go H2713 [H8798] , search H776 the land H935 [H8799] : who when they came H2022 to mount H669 Ephraim H1004 , to the house H4318 of Micah H3885 [H8799] , they lodged there.
  3 H1004 When they were by the house H4318 of Micah H5234 [H8689] , they knew H6963 the voice H5288 of the young man H3881 the Levite H5493 [H8799] : and they turned in H559 [H8799] there, and said H935 [H8689] to him, Who brought H1988 thee here H6213 [H8802] ? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
  4 H559 [H8799] And he said H2090 to them, Thus H2090 and thus H6213 [H8804] dealeth H4318 Micah H7936 [H8799] with me, and hath hired H3548 me, and I am his priest.
  5 H559 [H8799] And they said H7592 [H8798] to him, Ask counsel H430 , we pray thee, of God H3045 [H8799] , that we may know H1870 whether our way H1980 [H8802] which we go H6743 [H8686] shall be prosperous.
  6 H3548 And the priest H559 [H8799] said H3212 [H8798] to them, Go H7965 in peace H5227 : before H3068 the LORD H1870 is your way H3212 [H8799] in which ye go.
  7 H2568 Then the five H582 men H3212 [H8799] departed H935 [H8799] , and came H3919 to Laish H7200 [H8799] , and saw H5971 the people H7130 that were in it H3427 [H8802] , how they dwelt H983 careless H4941 , after the manner H6722 of the Zidonians H8252 [H8802] , quiet H982 [H8802] and secure H3423 H6114 [H8802] ; and there was no magistrate H776 in the land H3637 [H8688] , 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 [H8799] And they came H251 to their brethren H6881 to Zorah H847 and Eshtaol H251 : and their brethren H559 [H8799] said to them, What say ye?
  9 H559 [H8799] And they said H6965 [H8798] , Arise H5927 [H8799] , that we may go up H7200 [H8804] against them: for we have seen H776 the land H3966 , and, behold, it is very H2896 good H2814 [H8688] : and are ye still H6101 [H8735] ? be not slothful H3212 [H8800] to go H935 [H8800] , and to enter H3423 [H8800] to possess H776 the land.
  10 H935 [H8800] When ye go H935 [H8799] , ye shall come H5971 to a people H982 [H8802] secure H7342 , and to a large H776 land H430 : for God H5414 [H8804] hath given H3027 it into your hands H4725 ; a place H4270 where there is no want H1697 of any thing H776 that is on the earth.
  11 H5265 [H8799] 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 [H8803] appointed H3627 with weapons H4421 of war.
  12 H5927 [H8799] And they went up H2583 [H8799] , and encamped H7157 in Kirjathjearim H3063 , in Judah H7121 [H8804] : therefore they called H4725 that place H4265 Mahanehdan H3117 to this day H310 : behold, it is behind H7157 Kirjathjearim.
  13 H5674 [H8799] And they passed H2022 from there to mount H669 Ephraim H935 [H8799] , and came H1004 to the house H4318 of Micah.
  14 H6030 [H8799] Then answered H2568 the five H582 men H1980 [H8802] that went H7270 [H8763] to spy out H776 the country H3919 of Laish H559 [H8799] , and said H251 to their brethren H3045 [H8804] , Do ye know H3426 that there is H1004 in these houses H646 an ephod H8655 , and teraphim H6459 , and a graven image H4541 , and a molten image H3045 [H8798] ? now therefore consider H6213 [H8799] what ye have to do.
  15 H5493 [H8799] And they turned H935 [H8799] aside there, and came H1004 to the house H5288 of the young man H3881 the Levite H1004 , even to the house H4318 of Micah H7592 H7965 [H8799] , and greeted him.
  16 H8337 And the six H3967 hundred H376 men H2296 [H8803] appointed H3627 with their weapons H4421 of war H1121 , who were of the children H1835 of Dan H5324 [H8737] , stood H6607 by the entrance H8179 of the gate.
  17 H2568 And the five H582 men H1980 [H8802] that went H7270 [H8763] to spy out H776 the land H5927 [H8799] went up H935 [H8804] , and came in H3947 [H8804] there, and took H6459 the graven image H646 , and the ephod H8655 , and the teraphim H4541 , and the molten image H3548 : and the priest H5324 [H8737] stood H6607 in the entrance H8179 of the gate H8337 with the six H3967 hundred H376 men H2296 [H8803] that were appointed H3627 with weapons H4421 of war.
  18 H935 [H8804] And these went H4318 into Micah's H1004 house H3947 [H8799] , and brought H6459 the carved image H646 , the ephod H8655 , and the teraphim H4541 , and the molten image H559 [H8799] . Then said H3548 the priest H6213 [H8802] to them, What do ye?
  19 H559 [H8799] And they said H2790 [H8685] to him, Hold thy peace H7760 [H8798] , lay H3027 thy hand H6310 upon thy mouth H3212 [H8798] , and go H1961 [H8800] with us, and be to us H1 a father H3548 and a priest H2896 : is it better H3548 for thee to be a priest H1004 to the house H259 of one H376 man H3548 , or that thou shouldest be a priest H7626 to a tribe H4940 and a family H3478 in Israel?
  20 H3548 And the priest's H3820 heart H3190 [H8799] was glad H3947 [H8799] , and he took H646 the ephod H8655 , and the teraphim H6459 , and the graven image H935 [H8799] , and went in H7130 the midst H5971 of the people.
  21 H6437 [H8799] So they turned H3212 [H8799] and departed H7760 [H8799] , and put H2945 the little ones H4735 and the cattle H3520 and the possessions H6440 before them.
  22 H7368 [H8689] 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 [H8738] were gathered together H1692 [H8686] , and overtook H1121 the children H1835 of Dan.
  23 H7121 [H8799] And they cried H1121 to the children H1835 of Dan H5437 [H8686] . And they turned H6440 their faces H559 [H8799] , and said H4318 to Micah H2199 [H8738] , What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
  24 H559 [H8799] And he said H3947 [H8804] , Ye have taken away H430 my gods H6213 [H8804] which I made H3548 , and the priest H3212 [H8799] , and ye have gone away H559 [H8799] : and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?
  25 H1121 And the children H1835 of Dan H559 [H8799] said H6963 to him, Let not thy voice H8085 [H8686] be heard H4751 H5315 among us, lest angry H582 fellows H6293 [H8799] rush H622 [H8804] upon thee, and thou lose H5315 thy life H5315 , with the lives H1004 of thy household.
  26 H1121 And the children H1835 of Dan H3212 H1870 [H8799] departed H4318 : and when Micah H7200 [H8799] saw H2389 that they were too strong H6437 [H8799] for him, he turned H7725 [H8799] and went back H1004 to his house.
  27 H3947 [H8804] And they took H4318 the things which Micah H6213 [H8804] had made H3548 , and the priest H935 [H8799] which he had, and came H3919 to Laish H5971 , to a people H8252 [H8802] that were at quiet H982 [H8802] and secure H5221 [H8686] : and they smote H6310 them with the edge H2719 of the sword H8313 [H8804] , and burnt H5892 the city H784 with fire.
  28 H5337 [H8688] 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 lieth by Bethrehob H1129 [H8799] . And they built H5892 a city H3427 [H8799] , and dwelt in it.
  29 H7121 [H8799] And they called H8034 the name H5892 of the city H1835 Dan H8034 , after the name H1835 of Dan H1 their father H3205 [H8795] , who was born H3478 to Israel H199 : but H8034 the name H5892 of the city H3919 was Laish H7223 at the first.