26. Then the Danites went on their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned back and went home.
27. Having taken what Micah had made and his priest, they marched against Laish, a quiet and trusting people; they put them to the sword and destroyed the city by fire.
28. No one came to their aid, since the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with the Arameans; the city was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. The Danites then rebuilt the city and occupied it.
29. They named it Dan after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. But Laish was the name of the city formerly.
30. The Danites set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants were priests for the tribe of the Danites until the time the land went into captivity.
31. They maintained the idol Micah had made as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.