When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. Jael: Come inside, and I will show you the man you seek. So he went into the tent with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg driven through his head.

Gideon made it into a priestly vest, sometimes used in seeking oracles, and put it in his hometown of Ophrah. But the people of Israel made an idol of it, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family as well.

Micah had a shrine, and in his house he had a priestly vest used in seeking oracles and the images of household gods. He had set aside one of his sons to be his priest.

He left Bethlehem in Judah to make his way as best he could. On his way, he arrived at Micah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim seeking work.

So the people of Dan chose five brave men from out of the entire tribe, men from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol, to explore the land and to seek a new home for them. “Go and explore the land,” was their charge. When they reached the hill country of Ephraim, they stayed in Micah’s home.