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Chapter 18
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.
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.
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?
4
And
he
said
unto
them,
Thus
and
thus
dealeth
Micah
with
me,
and
hath
hired
me,
and
I
am
his
priest.
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.
6
And
the
priest
said
unto
them,
Go
in
peace:
before
the
Lord
is
your
way
wherein
ye
go.
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.
8
And
they
came
unto
their
brethren
to
Zorah
and
Eshtaol:
and
their
brethren
said
unto
them,
What
say
ye?
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.
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.
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.
12
And
they
went
up,
and
pitched
in
Kirjath-jearim,
in
Judah:
wherefore
they
called
that
place
Mahaneh-dan
unto
this
day:
behold,
it
is
behind
Kirjath-jearim.
13
And
they
passed
thence
unto
mount
Ephraim,
and
came
unto
the
house
of
Micah.
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.
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.
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.
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.
18
And
these
went
into
Micah’s
house,
and
fetched
the
carved
image,
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the
molten
image.
Then
said
the
priest
unto
them,
What
do
ye?
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?
20
And
the
priest’s
heart
was
glad,
and
he
took
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the
graven
image,
and
went
in
the
midst
of
the
people.
21
So
they
turned
and
departed,
and
put
the
little
ones
and
the
cattle
and
the
carriage
before
them.
22
And
when
they
were
a
good
way
from
the
house
of
Micah,
the
men
that
were
in
the
houses
near
to
Micah’s
house
were
gathered
together,
and
overtook
the
children
of
Dan.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
Beth-rehob.
And
they
built
a
city,
and
dwelt
therein.
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.
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.
31
And
they
set
them
up
Micah’s
graven
image,
which
he
made,
all
the
time
that
the
house
of
God
was
in
Shiloh.
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