Judges 18:22–31

²²After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites. ²³When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”

²⁴He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

²⁵The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”

²⁶So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

²⁷After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city. ²⁸There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob.

And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there. ²⁹They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel — though the city was formerly named Laish.

³⁰The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses,^b and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

³¹So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.