strkjv@Judges:18:1
@ In those
days
there was no
king
in
Israel
: and in those
days
the
tribe
of the
Danites
sought
them an
inheritance
to dwell
in
; for unto that
day
all their
inheritance
had not
fallen
unto them
among
the
tribes
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:18:2
@ And the
children
of
Dan
sent
of their
family
five
men
from their
coasts
,
men
of
valour
, from
Zorah
, and from
Eshtaol
, to
spy
out the
land
, and to
search
it; and they
said
unto them,
Go
,
search
the
land
: who when they
came
to
mount
Ephraim
, to the
house
of
Micah
, they
lodged
there.
strkjv@Judges:18:3
@ When they were by the
house
of
Micah
, they
knew
the
voice
of the young
man
the
Levite
: and they turned
in
thither, and
said
unto him, Who
brought
thee
hither
? and what
makest
thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
strkjv@Judges:18:4
@ And he
said
unto them,
Thus
and
thus
dealeth
Micah
with me, and hath
hired
me, and I am his
priest
.
strkjv@Judges:18:5
@ And they
said
unto him, Ask
counsel
, we pray thee, of
God
, that we may
know
whether our
way
which we
go
shall be
prosperous
.
strkjv@Judges:18:6
@ And the
priest
said
unto them,
Go
in
peace
:
before
the
LORD
is your
way
wherein ye
go
.
strkjv@Judges:18:7
@ Then the
five
men
departed
, and
came
to
Laish
, and
saw
the
people
that were
therein
, how they
dwelt
careless
, after the
manner
of the
Zidonians
,
quiet
and
secure
; and there was no
magistrate
in the
land
, that might put them to
shame
in any
thing
; and they were
far
from the
Zidonians
, and had no
business
with any
man
.
strkjv@Judges:18:8
@ And they
came
unto their
brethren
to
Zorah
and
Eshtaol
: and their
brethren
said
unto them, What say ye?
strkjv@Judges:18:9
@ And they
said
,
Arise
, that we may go
up
against them: for we have
seen
the
land
, and, behold, it is
very
good
: and are ye
still
? be not
slothful
to
go
, and to
enter
to
possess
the
land
.
strkjv@Judges:18:10
@ When ye
go
, ye shall
come
unto a
people
secure
, and to a
large
land
: for
God
hath
given
it into your
hands
; a
place
where there is no
want
of any
thing
that is in the
earth
.
strkjv@Judges:18:11
@ And there
went
from thence of the
family
of the
Danites
, out of
Zorah
and out of
Eshtaol
,
six
hundred
men
appointed
with
weapons
of
war
.
strkjv@Judges:18:12
@ And they went
up
, and
pitched
in
Kirjathjearim
Qiryath Y@, in
Judah
: wherefore they
called
that
place
Mahanehdan
Machaneh- unto this
day
: behold, it is
behind
Kirjathjearim
Qiryath Y@.
strkjv@Judges:18:13
@ And they
passed
thence unto
mount
Ephraim
, and
came
unto the
house
of
Micah
.
strkjv@Judges:18:14
@ Then
answered
the
five
men
that
went
to spy
out
the
country
of
Laish
, and
said
unto their
brethren
, Do ye
know
that there
is
in these
houses
an
ephod
, and
teraphim
, and a graven
image
, and a molten
image
? now therefore
consider
what ye have to
do
.
strkjv@Judges:18:15
@ And they
turned
thitherward, and
came
to the
house
of the young
man
the
Levite
, even unto the
house
of
Micah
, and
saluted
him.
strkjv@Judges:18:16
@ And the
six
hundred
men
appointed
with their
weapons
of
war
, which were of the
children
of
Dan
,
stood
by the
entering
of the
gate
.
strkjv@Judges:18:17
@ And the
five
men
that
went
to spy
out
the
land
went
up
, and came
in
thither, and
took
the graven
image
, and the
ephod
, and the
teraphim
, and the molten
image
: and the
priest
stood
in the
entering
of the
gate
with the
six
hundred
men
that were
appointed
with
weapons
of
war
.
strkjv@Judges:18:18
@ And these
went
into
Micahs
house
, and
fetched
the carved
image
, the
ephod
, and the
teraphim
, and the molten
image
. Then
said
the
priest
unto them, What
do
ye?
strkjv@Judges:18:19
@ And they
said
unto him, Hold thy
peace
,
lay
thine
hand
upon thy
mouth
, and
go
with us, and be to
us
a
father
and a
priest
: is it
better
for thee to be a
priest
unto the
house
of
one
man
, or that thou be a
priest
unto a
tribe
and a
family
in
Israel
?
strkjv@Judges:18:20
@ And the
priests
heart
was
glad
, and he
took
the
ephod
, and the
teraphim
, and the graven
image
, and went
in
the
midst
of the
people
.
strkjv@Judges:18:21
@ So they
turned
and
departed
, and
put
the little
ones
and the
cattle
and the
carriage
before
them.
strkjv@Judges:18:22
@ And when they were a good
way
from the
house
of
Micah
, the
men
that were in the
houses
near to
Micahs
house
were gathered
together
, and
overtook
the
children
of
Dan
.
strkjv@Judges:18:23
@ And they
cried
unto the
children
of
Dan
. And they
turned
their
faces
, and
said
unto
Micah
, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a
company
?
strkjv@Judges:18:24
@ And he
said
, Ye have taken
away
my
gods
which I
made
, and the
priest
, and ye are gone
away
: and what have I more? and what is this that ye
say
unto me, What aileth thee?
strkjv@Judges:18:25
@ And the
children
of
Dan
said
unto him, Let not thy
voice
be
heard
among us, lest
angry
fellows
run
upon thee, and thou
lose
thy
life
, with the
lives
of thy
household
.
strkjv@Judges:18:26
@ And the
children
of
Dan
went
their
way
: and when
Micah
saw
that they were too
strong
for him, he
turned
and went
back
unto his
house
.
strkjv@Judges:18:27
@ And they
took
the things which
Micah
had
made
, and the
priest
which he had, and
came
unto
Laish
, unto a
people
that were at
quiet
and
secure
: and they
smote
them with the
edge
of the
sword
, and
burnt
the
city
with
fire
.
strkjv@Judges:18:28
@ And there was no
deliverer
, because it was
far
from
Zidon
, and they had no
business
with any
man
; and it was in the
valley
that lieth by
Bethrehob
Beyth. And they
built
a
city
, and
dwelt
therein.
strkjv@Judges:18:29
@ And they
called
the
name
of the
city
Dan
, after the
name
of
Dan
their
father
, who was
born
unto
Israel
:
howbeit
the
name
of the
city
was
Laish
at the
first
.
strkjv@Judges:18:30
@ And the
children
of
Dan
set
up
the graven
image
: and
Jonathan
, the
son
of
Gershom
, the
son
of
Manasseh
, he and his
sons
were
priests
to the
tribe
of
Dan
until the
day
of the
captivity
of the
land
.
strkjv@Judges:18:31
@ And they set them
up
Micahs
graven
image
, which he
made
, all the
time
that the
house
of
God
was in
Shiloh
.
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