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.

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. ²⁸ There was no deliverer, because it was ^(B)far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs ^(C)to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there.

^7 (A)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived ^[a]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as ^(B)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’

¹⁴ or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.

³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? ^(A)Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.

⁶ (And his father had not ^[a]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. ^(A)His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

^13 (A)For I have told him that I will ^(B)judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because ^(C)his sons made themselves vile, and he ^(D)did not ^[a]restrain them.