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

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

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 

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.

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

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

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 

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

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

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.

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

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 

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 

(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 )

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.

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

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

The Lord’s spirit began to control him ¹  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

When the Danites returned to their tribe ¹  in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen ²  asked them, “How did it go?” ³