25
And the Danites said to him, "You had better not let your voice be heard among us or else hot-tempered fellows will attack you, and you will lose your life and the lives of your household."
26
Then the Danites went their way. When Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.
27
The Danites, having taken what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, put them to the sword, and burned down the city.
28
There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with Aram. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. They rebuilt the city, and lived in it.
29
They named the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was formerly Laish.
30
Then the Danites set up the idol for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the time the land went into captivity.
31
So they maintained as their own Micah's idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.