Danites Settle in Laish

²⁷ So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; ^(A)and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

⁷ So the five men departed and went to ^(A)Laish. They saw the people who were there, ^(B)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the ^(C)Sidonians, and they had no ties ^[a]with anyone.

⁴⁷ And the ^(A)border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, ^(B)Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

¹⁰ When you go, you will come to a ^(A)secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, ^(B)a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”

¹¹ And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, ^(A)utterly destroying them. There was none left ^(B)breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.

²² And of Dan he said: