22
When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,
23
Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?
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And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?
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And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.
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Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.
27
And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.
28
And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.
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And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.
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(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)
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And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.