BRAGADAYJAH 780
So the priest was happy to be with the
children of Dan and decided to depart with them, taking hold of the ephod and
the Teraphim. So the company marched off
putting the little ones and the cattle before them. But when they were a good way off, the men that
were around the house of Micah, gathered themselves together, and pursued after,
and eventually overtook the children of Dan.
And so the children of Dan asked the men of Micah why they had come
after them; and Micah replied and said, “Because you have taken away my gods
which I have made, and also my priest which I consecrated; and yet you ask me
why I have come chasing after you? But the children of Dan told Micah not to
raise his voice among the people lest some angry ones among them set upon him
and his household and kill them; and Micah, realizing that they were too strong
for him, turned and went back to his house; and the children of Dan continued
on their way, taking with them the gods which Micah had made and the priest. And when eventually the children of Dan came
to the city of Laish, and found it secure and peaceful, they smote the
inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
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