<vn='1'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4428">king</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of the <sn="1839">Danites</s><sn="1245">sought</s> them an <sn="5159">inheritance</s> to <sn="3427">dwell</s> in; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> all their <sn="5159">inheritance</s> had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5307">fallen</s> unto them <sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s><sn="7971">sent</s> of their <sn="4480 4940">family</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="376">men</s> from their <sn="4480 7098">coasts</s>, <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>, from <sn="4480 6881">Zorah</s>, and from <sn="4480 847">Eshtaol</s>, to spy <sn="7270">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and to <sn="2713">search</s> it; and they <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="2713">search</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>: who when they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="4318">Micah</s>, they <sn="3885">lodged</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>When <sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="5973">by</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="4318">Micah</s>, <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5234">knew</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the young <sn="5288">man</s> the <sn="3881">Levite</s>: and they turned <sn="5493">in</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4310">Who</s><sn="935">brought</s> thee <sn="1988">hither</s>? and <sn="4100">what</s><sn="6213">makest</s><sn="859">thou</s> in <sn="2088">this</s> place? and <sn="4100">what</s> hast thou <sn="6311">here</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="2090">Thus</s> and <sn="2090">thus</s><sn="6213">dealeth</s><sn="4318">Micah</s> with me, and hath <sn="7936">hired</s> me, and I <sn="1961">am</s> his <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And they <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Ask <sn="7592">counsel</s>, we pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, of <sn="430">God</s>, that we may <sn="3045">know</s> whether our <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="587">we</s><sn="1980">go</s> shall be <sn="6743">prosperous</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="1980">Go</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>: <sn="5227">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is your <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">wherein</s> ye <sn="1980">go</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Then the <sn="2568">five</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3919">Laish</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="7130">therein</s>, how they <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="983">careless</s>, after the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="6722">Zidonians</s>, <sn="8252">quiet</s> and <sn="982">secure</s>; and there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="3423 6114">magistrate</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, that might put them to <sn="3637">shame</s> in any <sn="1697">thing</s>; and <sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="7350">far</s> from the <sn="4480 6722">Zidonians</s>, and had <sn="369">no</s><sn="1697">business</s><sn="5973">with</s> any <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And they <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s> to <sn="6881">Zorah</s> and <sn="847">Eshtaol</s>: and their <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="4100">What</s> say <sn="859">ye</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, that we may go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it is <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2896">good</s>: and are <sn="859">ye</s><sn="2814">still</s>? be not <sn="6101 408">slothful</s> to <sn="1980">go</s>, and to <sn="935">enter</s> to <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>When ye <sn="935">go</s>, ye shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> a <sn="5971">people</s><sn="982">secure</s>, and to a <sn="7342">large</s><sn="776">land</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> it into your <sn="3027">hands</s>; a <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">where</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="4270">want</s> of <sn="3605">any</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s> is in the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And there <sn="5265">went</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s> of the <sn="4480 4940">family</s> of the <sn="1839">Danites</s>, out of <sn="4480 6881">Zorah</s> and out of <sn="4480 847">Eshtaol</s>, <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="2296">appointed</s> with <sn="3627">weapons</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they went <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> in <sn="7157">Kirjath</s> -jearim, in <sn="3063">Judah</s>: <sn="5921 3651">wherefore</s> they <sn="7121">called</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="4725">place</s><sn="4265">Mahaneh</s> -dan <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, it is <sn="310">behind</s><sn="7157">Kirjath</s> -jearim. </v>
<vn='13'>And they <sn="5674">passed</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s> unto <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="4318">Micah</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s> the <sn="2568">five</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="1980">went</s> to spy <sn="7270">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">country</s> of <sn="3919">Laish</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s>, Do ye <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> there <sn="3426">is</s> in <sn="428">these</s><sn="1004">houses</s> an <sn="646">ephod</s>, and <sn="8655">teraphim</s>, and a graven <sn="6459">image</s>, and a molten <sn="4541">image</s>? <sn="6258">now</s> therefore <sn="3045">consider</s><sn="4100">what</s> ye have to <sn="6213">do</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And they <sn="5493">turned</s><sn="8033">thitherward</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the young <sn="5288">man</s> the <sn="3881">Levite</s>, even unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="4318">Micah</s>, and <sn="7592 7965">saluted</s> him. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="2296">appointed</s> with their <sn="3627">weapons</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s>, <sn="5324">stood</s> by the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="2568">five</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="5927">went</s> to spy <sn="7270">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> went <sn="5927">up</s>, and came <sn="935">in</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the graven <sn="6459">image</s>, and the <sn="646">ephod</s>, and the <sn="8655">teraphim</s>, and the molten <sn="4541">image</s>: and the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="5324">stood</s> in the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> with the <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> that were <sn="2296">appointed</s> with <sn="3627">weapons</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="428">these</s><sn="935">went</s> into <sn="4318">Micah</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="3947">fetched</s><sn="*853"></s> the carved <sn="6459">image</s>, the <sn="646">ephod</s>, and the <sn="8655">teraphim</s>, and the molten <sn="4541">image</s>. Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="859">ye</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>And they <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Hold thy <sn="2790">peace</s>, <sn="7760">lay</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> us, and <sn="1961">be</s> to us a <sn="1">father</s> and a <sn="3548">priest</s>: is it <sn="2896">better</s> for thee to <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="3548">priest</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s>, <sn="176">or</s> that thou <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="3548">priest</s> unto a <sn="7626">tribe</s> and a <sn="4940">family</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="3548">priest</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s> was <sn="3190">glad</s>, and he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="646">ephod</s>, and the <sn="8655">teraphim</s>, and the graven <sn="6459">image</s>, and <sn="935">went</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>So they <sn="6437">turned</s> and <sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> the little <sn="2945">ones</s> and the <sn="4735">cattle</s> and the <sn="3520">carriage</s><sn="6440">before</s> them. </v>
<vn='22'> And when <sn="1992">they</s> were a good <sn="7368">way</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="4318">Micah</s>, the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="1004">houses</s><sn="5973">near</s> to <sn="4318">Micah</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> were gathered <sn="2199">together</s>, and <sn="1692">overtook</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And they <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s>. And they <sn="5437">turned</s> their <sn="6440">faces</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="4318">Micah</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> aileth thee, <sn="3588">that</s> thou comest with such a <sn="2199">company</s>? </v>
<vn='24'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, Ye have taken <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="430">gods</s><sn="834">which</s> I <sn="6213">made</s>, and the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and ye are gone <sn="1980">away</s>: and <sn="4100">what</s> have I <sn="5750">more</s>? and <sn="4100">what</s> is <sn="2088">this</s> that ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="4100">What</s> aileth thee? </v>
<vn='25'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Let <sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="6963">voice</s> be <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="5973">among</s> us, <sn="6435">lest</s><sn="4751 5315">angry</s><sn="376">fellows</s><sn="6293">run</s> upon thee, and thou <sn="622">lose</s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>, with the <sn="5315">lives</s> of thy <sn="1004">household</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s><sn="1980">went</s> their <sn="1870">way</s>: and when <sn="4318">Micah</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1992">they</s> were too <sn="2389">strong</s><sn="4480">for</s> him, he <sn="6437">turned</s> and went <sn="7725">back</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the things <sn="834">which</s><sn="4318">Micah</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>, and the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1961">had</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="3919">Laish</s>, <sn="5921">unto</s> a <sn="5971">people</s> that were at <sn="8252">quiet</s> and <sn="982">secure</s>: and they <sn="5221">smote</s> them with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="8313">burnt</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="5337">deliverer</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">it</s> was <sn="7350">far</s> from <sn="4480 6721">Zidon</s>, and they had <sn="369">no</s><sn="1697">business</s><sn="5973">with</s> any <sn="120">man</s>; and <sn="1931">it</s> was in the <sn="6010">valley</s><sn="834">that</s> lieth by <sn="1050">Beth</s> -rehob. And they <sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> therein. </v>
<vn='29'>And they <sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="1835">Dan</s>, after the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s> their <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="834">who</s> was <sn="3205">born</s> unto <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="199">howbeit</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> was <sn="3919">Laish</s> at the <sn="7223">first</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s> set <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the graven <sn="6459">image</s>: and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1648">Gershom</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="3548">priests</s> to the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="1839">Dan</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="1540">captivity</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And they set them <sn="7760">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4318">Micah</s> 's graven <sn="6459">image</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">made</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">time</s> that the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">was</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>. </v>