07:018:011 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.
07:018:012 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim,
in Judah:
wherefore
they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day:
behold,
it is behind Kirjathjearim.
07:018:013 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim,
and came unto the
house
of Micah.
07:018:014 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.
07:018:015 And they turned thitherward, and came to
the house of the
young
man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and
saluted
him.
07:018:016 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.
07:018:017 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.
07:018:018 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?
07:018:019 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?
07:018:020 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.
07:018:021 So they turned and departed, and put the
little ones and the
cattle
and the carriage before them.
07:018:022 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.
07:018:023 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?
07:018:024 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?


