From Dan there were 28,600 men prepared for battle.

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. ¹ 

Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate. ¹ 

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. ¹ 

When they called out to the Danites, the Danites ¹  turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”

The Danites worshiped ¹  the carved image. Jonathan, descendant ²  of Gershom, son of Moses, ³  and his descendants ⁴  served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized ¹  they were too strong to resist, ²  he turned around and went home.

and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.

After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors ¹  gathered together and caught up with the Danites.

In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ¹  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ² 

The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in ¹  the coastal plain.

The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men ¹  will attack you, and you and your family will die.” ² 

On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Amishaddai, leader of the Danites, presented an offering.

The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹  capable men ²  from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. ³ 

and casks of wine ¹  from Izal ²  they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

(The Danites failed to conquer their territory, ¹  so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it ²  Dan after their ancestor. ³ )

Now the Danites ¹  took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. ² 

No one came to the rescue because the city ¹  was far from Sidon ²  and they had no dealings with anyone. ³  The city ⁴  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ⁵  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families.