¹² They went out and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in the territory of Judah. (That’s why they call the place Mahaneh-dan to this day. It lies west of Kiriath-jearim.) ¹³ They proceeded from there to the mountainous region^[a] of Ephraim and arrived at Micah’s house.

The Descendants of Dan Commandeer Micah’s Idols

¹⁴ Then the five men who had gone to scout out the territory of Laish told their relatives, “Are you aware that in these houses there’s an ephod, some household idols,^[b] a carved image, and a cast image? You know what you need to do.”