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Then went
Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to
the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion
roared against him.
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to
the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came
roaring at him,
And
the Spirit of
the LORD came
mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a
kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
and
the Spirit of
the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he
tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would
tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
And he went down, and talked with
the woman; and she pleased
Samson well.
Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to
the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see
the carcase of
the lion: and, behold,
there was a
swarm of bees and honey in
the carcase of
the lion.
When
Samson returned later to take her, he left
the road to see
the lion’s
carcass, and in it was a
swarm of bees, along with
their honey.
And he took
thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave
them, and
they did eat: but he told not
them that he had taken
the honey out of
the carcase of
the lion.
So he
scooped some honey into his hands and
ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to
them and
they ate it. But he did not tell
them that he had taken
the honey from
the lion’s
carcass.
So his father went down unto
the woman: and
Samson made
there a feast; for so used
the young men to do.
Then his father went to visit
the woman, and
Samson prepared a feast
there, as was customary for
the bridegroom.
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
And when
the Philistines saw him,
they selected thirty men to
accompany him.
And
Samson said unto
them, I will now put forth a
riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within
the seven days of
the feast, and find it out,
then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
“Let me tell you a
riddle,”
Samson said to
them. “If you can
solve it for me within
the seven days of
the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
But if ye cannot declare it me,
then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And
they said unto him, Put forth thy
riddle, that we may hear it.
But if you cannot
solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your
riddle,”
they replied. “Let us hear it.”
And he said unto
them, Out of
the eater came forth meat, and out of
the strong came forth sweetness. And
they could not in three days
expound the riddle.
So he said to
them: “Out of
the eater came something to eat, and out of
the strong came something sweet.” For three days
they were unable to explain
the riddle.
And it came to pass on
the seventh day, that
they said unto
Samson’s wife,
Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us
the riddle, lest we burn
thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
So on
the fourth day
they said to
Samson’s wife, “
Entice your husband to explain
the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you
invite us here to
rob us?”
And
Samson’s wife
wept before him, and said, Thou
dost but
hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a
riddle unto
the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it
thee?
Then Samson’s wife came to him,
weeping, and said, “You
hate me! You do not really love me! You have
posed to my people a
riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
And she
wept before him
the seven days, while
their feast lasted: and it came to pass on
the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay
sore upon him: and she told
the riddle to
the children of her people.
She
wept the whole seven days of
the feast, and finally on
the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her
the answer. And in turn she explained
the riddle to her people.
And
the men of
the city said unto him on
the seventh day before
the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto
them, If ye had not
plowed with my
heifer, ye had not found out my
riddle.
Before
sunset on
the seventh day,
the men of
the city said to
Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to
them: “If you had not
plowed with my
heifer, you would not have
solved my
riddle!”
And
the Spirit of
the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and
slew thirty men of
them, and took
their spoil, and gave change of garments unto
them which
expounded the riddle. And his anger was
kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Then the Spirit of
the LORD came
mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of
their men, took
their apparel, and gave
their clothes to those who had
solved the riddle. And burning with anger,
Samson returned to his father’s house,
But
Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
But it came to pass within a while after, in
the time of wheat harvest, that
Samson visited his wife with a
kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into
the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Later on, at
the time of
the wheat harvest,
Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
And her father said, I
verily thought that thou hadst utterly
hated her;
therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray
thee, instead of her.
“I was sure that you thoroughly
hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of
the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
And
Samson said concerning
them, Now shall I be more
blameless than
the Philistines, though I do
them a displeasure.
And
Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a
firebrand in
the midst between two tails.
Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned
the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a
torch between each pair of tails.
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
Then he
lit the torches and released
the foxes into
the standing grain of
the Philistines, burning up
the piles of grain and
the standing grain, as well as
the vineyards and olive groves.
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And
they answered,
Samson,
the son in law of
the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And
the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
“Who did this?”
the Philistines demanded. “It was
Samson,
the son-in-law of
the Timnite,”
they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So
the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
And
Samson said unto
them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be
avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
And
Samson told
them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken
vengeance upon you.”
And he
smote them hip and
thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in
the top of
the rock Etam.
And he struck
them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and
then went down and stayed in
the cave at
the rock of Etam.
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and
deployed themselves near
the town of Lehi.
And
the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And
they answered, To bind
Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
“Why have you attacked us?” said
the men of Judah.
The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest
Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”
Then three thousand men of Judah went to
the top of
the rock Etam, and said to
Samson, Knowest thou not that
the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto
them, As
they did unto me, so have I done unto
them.
In
response, three thousand men of Judah went to
the cave at
the rock of Etam, and
they asked
Samson, “Do you not
realize that
the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to
them what
they did to me,” he replied.
And
they said unto him, We are come down to bind
thee, that we may deliver
thee into
the hand of
the Philistines. And
Samson said unto
them,
Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me
yourselves.
But
they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to
the Philistines.”
Samson replied, “
Swear to me that you will not kill me
yourselves.”
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
“No,”
they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will
tie you up securely and hand you over to
them.” So
they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from
the rock.
And when he came unto Lehi,
the Philistines
shouted against him: and
the Spirit of
the LORD came
mightily upon him, and
the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
When
Samson arrived in Lehi,
the Philistines came out
shouting against him. And
the Spirit of
the LORD came
mightily upon him.
The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and
the bonds broke loose from his hands.
He found
the fresh
jawbone of a
donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
And
Samson said, With
the jawbone of an
ass, heaps upon heaps, with
the jaw of an
ass have I slain a thousand men.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away
the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
And when
Samson had finished speaking, he cast
the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
But God
clave an hollow place that was in
the jaw, and
there came water
thereout; and when he had
drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called
the name
thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
So God opened up
the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When
Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
And
Samson judged Israel for twenty years in
the days of
the Philistines.
And it was told
the Gazites, saying,
Samson is come
hither. And
they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in
the gate of
the city, and were quiet all
the night, saying, In
the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
When
the Gazites heard that
Samson was
there,
they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at
the city gate.
They were quiet throughout
the night, saying, “Let us wait until
dawn;
then we will kill him.”
And
Samson lay till
midnight, and arose at
midnight, and took
the doors of
the gate of
the city, and
the two posts, and went away with
them, bar and all, and put
them upon his shoulders, and carried
them up to
the top of an hill that is before
Hebron.
But
Samson lay
there only until
midnight, when he got up, took hold of
the doors of
the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled
them out, bar and all.
Then he put
them on his shoulders and took
them to
the top of
the mountain overlooking
Hebron.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in
the valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
Some time later,
Samson fell in love with a woman in
the Valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
And
the lords of
the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to
afflict him: and we will give
thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
The lords of
the Philistines went to her and said, “
Entice him and find out
the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to
tie him up and
subdue him.
Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
So
Delilah said to
Samson, “Please tell me
the source of your great strength and how you can be
tied up and subdued.”
And
Samson said unto her, If
they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried,
then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Samson told her, “If
they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
So
the lords of
the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she
tied him up with
them.
Now
there were men lying in wait,
abiding with her in
the chamber. And she said unto him,
The Philistines be upon
thee,
Samson. And he
brake the withs, as a thread of
tow is broken when it toucheth
the fire. So his strength was not known.
While
the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “
Samson,
the Philistines are here!” But he
snapped the bowstrings like a
strand of yarn
seared by a flame. So
the source of his strength remained unknown.
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
He replied, “If
they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him
therewith, and said unto him,
The Philistines be upon
thee,
Samson. And
there were liers in wait
abiding in
the chamber. And he
brake them from off his arms like a thread.
So
Delilah took new ropes,
tied him up with
them, and called out, “
Samson,
the Philistines are here!” But while
the men were hidden in her room, he
snapped the ropes off his arms like
they were threads.
And
Delilah said unto
Samson, Hitherto thou hast
mocked me, and told me lies: tell me
wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest
the seven locks of my head with
the web.
Then Delilah said to
Samson, “You have
mocked me and
lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be
tied up.” He told her, “If you
weave the seven braids of my head into
the web of a
loom and
tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
And she fastened it with
the pin, and said unto him,
The Philistines be upon
thee,
Samson. And he
awaked out of his sleep, and went away with
the pin of
the beam, and with
the web.
So while he
slept,
Delilah took
the seven braids of his hair and
wove them into
the web.
Then she
tightened it with a pin and called to him, “
Samson,
the Philistines are here!” But he
awoke from his sleep and pulled out
the pin with
the loom and
the web.
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love
thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast
mocked me
these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is
the third time you have
mocked me and failed to
reveal to me
the source of your great strength!”
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her.
There hath not come a
razor upon mine head; for I have been a
Nazarite unto God from my mother’s
womb: if I be
shaven,
then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a
Nazirite to God from my mother’s
womb. If I am
shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
And when
Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for
the lords of
the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart.
Then the lords of
the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in
their hand.
When
Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to
the lords of
the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.”
Then the lords of
the Philistines came to her, bringing
the money in
their hands.
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to
shave off
the seven locks of his head; and she began to
afflict him, and his strength went from him.
And having
lulled him to sleep on her
lap, she called a man to
shave off
the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to
subdue him, and his strength left him.
And she said,
The Philistines be upon
thee,
Samson. And he
awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and
shake myself. And he
wist not that
the LORD was departed from him.
Then she called out, “
Samson,
the Philistines are here!” When
Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and
shake myself free.” But he did not know that
the LORD had departed from him.
But
the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, and bound him with
fetters of brass; and he did
grind in
the prison house.
Then the Philistines seized him,
gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, where he was bound with bronze
shackles and forced to
grind grain in
the prison.
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was
shaven.
However,
the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been
shaved.
Then the lords of
the Philistines gathered
them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto
Dagon their god, and to
rejoice: for
they said, Our god hath delivered
Samson our enemy into our hand.
Now
the lords of
the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to
their god
Dagon.
They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered
Samson our enemy into our hands.”
And when
the people saw him,
they praised
their god: for
they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and
the destroyer of our country, which
slew many of us.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
And it came to pass, when
their hearts were
merry, that
they said, Call for
Samson, that he may make us
sport. And
they called for
Samson out of
the prison house; and he made
them sport: and
they set him between
the pillars.
And while
their hearts were
merry,
they said, “Call for
Samson to
entertain us.” So
they called
Samson out of
the prison to
entertain them. And
they stationed him between
the pillars.
And
Samson said unto
the lad that held him by
the hand, Suffer me that I may feel
the pillars
whereupon the house standeth, that I may
lean upon
them.
Samson said to
the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel
the pillars supporting
the temple, so I can
lean against
them.”
Now
the house was full of men and women; and all
the lords of
the Philistines were
there; and
there were upon
the roof about three thousand men and women, that
beheld while
Samson made
sport.
Now
the temple was full of men and women; all
the lords of
the Philistines were
there, and about three thousand men and women were on
the roof watching
Samson entertain them.
And
Samson called unto
the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray
thee, and
strengthen me, I pray
thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once
avenged of
the Philistines for my two eyes.
Then Samson called out to
the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me.
Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one
vengeful blow I may pay back
the Philistines for my two eyes.”
And
Samson took hold of
the two middle pillars upon which
the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of
the one with his right hand, and of
the other with his left.
And
Samson reached out for
the two central pillars supporting
the temple.
Bracing himself against
them with his right hand on one
pillar and his left hand on
the other,
And
Samson said, Let me die with
the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and
the house fell upon
the lords, and upon all
the people that were
therein. So
the dead which he
slew at his death were more than
they which he
slew in his life.
Samson said, “Let me die with
the Philistines.”
Then he pushed with all his might, and
the temple fell on
the lords and all
the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Then his brethren and all
the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in
the buryingplace of
Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in
the tomb of his father
Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
And
there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was
Micah.
Now a man named
Micah from
the hill country of Ephraim
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
said to his mother, “
The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a
curse—I have
the silver here with me; I took it.”
Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by
the LORD!”
And when he had restored
the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated
the silver unto
the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a
graven image and a
molten image: now
therefore I will restore it unto
thee.
And when he had returned
the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly
dedicate the silver to
the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a
graven image and a
molten idol.
Therefore I will now return it to you.”
Yet he restored
the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave
them to
the founder, who made
thereof a
graven image and a
molten image: and
they were in
the house of
Micah.
So he returned
the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave
them to a
silversmith, who made
them into a
graven image and a
molten idol. And
they were placed in
the house of
Micah.
And
the man
Micah had an house of gods, and made an
ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Now this man
Micah had a
shrine, and he made an
ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
In those days
there was no king in Israel;
everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
And
there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of
the family of Judah, who was a
Levite, and he
sojourned there.
And
there was a young
Levite from
Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within
the clan of Judah.
And
the man departed out of
the city from Bethlehemjudah to
sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to
the house of
Micah, as he journeyed.
This man left
the city of
Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to
Micah’s house in
the hill country of Ephraim.
And
Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give
thee ten shekels of silver by
the year, and a suit of
apparel, and thy
victuals. So
the Levite went in.
“Stay with me,”
Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So
the Levite went in
And
the Levite was content to dwell with
the man; and
the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
and agreed to stay with him, and
the young man became like a son to
Micah.
And
Micah consecrated
the Levite; and
the young man became his priest, and was in
the house of
Micah.
Micah ordained
the Levite, and
the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
Then said
Micah, Now know I that
the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a
Levite to my priest.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that
the LORD will be good to me, because a
Levite has become my priest.”
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
And
the children of
Dan sent of
their family five men from
their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to
spy out
the land, and to search it; and
they said unto
them, Go, search
the land: who when
they came to mount Ephraim, to
the house of
Micah,
they lodged there.
So
the Danites sent out five men from
their clans, men of
valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to
spy out
the land and
explore it. “Go and
explore the land,”
they told
them.
The men entered
the hill country of Ephraim and came to
the house of
Micah, where
they spent
the night.
When
they were by
the house of
Micah,
they knew
the voice of
the young man
the Levite: and
they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought
thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
And while
they were near
Micah’s house,
they recognized
the voice of
the young
Levite; so
they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
And he said unto
them, Thus and thus dealeth
Micah with me, and hath
hired me, and I am his priest.
“
Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has
hired me to be his priest.”
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
So
the five men departed and came to Laish, where
they saw that
the people were living securely, like
the Sidonians,
tranquil and
unsuspecting.
There was nothing lacking in
the land and no
oppressive ruler. And
they were far away from
the Sidonians and had no alliance with
anyone.
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
And
they said, Arise, that we may go up against
them: for we have seen
the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not
slothful to go, and to enter to possess
the land.
They answered, “Come on, let us go up against
them, for we have seen
the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not
hesitate to go
there and take possession of
the land!
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
When you enter, you will come to an
unsuspecting people and a
spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
And
they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore
they called that place Mahaneh-
dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why
the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-
dan to this day.
And
they passed
thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto
the house of
Micah.
And from
there they traveled to
the hill country of Ephraim and came to
Micah’s house.
Then answered
the five men that went to
spy out
the country of Laish, and said unto
their brethren, Do ye know that
there is in
these houses an
ephod, and
teraphim, and a
graven image, and a
molten image? now
therefore consider what ye have to do.
Then the five men who had gone to
spy out
the land of Laish said to
their brothers, “Did you know that one of
these houses has an
ephod, household gods, a
graven image, and a
molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
So
they turned aside
there and went to
the home of
the young
Levite,
the house of
Micah, and
greeted him.
And
the six hundred men appointed with
their weapons of war, which were of
the children of
Dan, stood by
the entering of
the gate.
The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
And
the five men that went to
spy out
the land went up, and came in thither, and took
the graven image, and
the ephod, and
the teraphim, and
the molten image: and
the priest stood in
the entering of
the gate with
the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
And
the five men who had gone to
spy out
the land went inside and took
the graven image,
the ephod,
the household idols, and
the molten idol, while
the priest stood at
the entrance of
the gate with
the six hundred armed men.
And
these went into
Micah’s house, and
fetched the carved image,
the ephod, and
the teraphim, and
the molten image.
Then said
the priest unto
them, What do ye?
When
they entered
Micah’s house and took
the graven image,
the ephod,
the household idols, and
the molten idol,
the priest said to
them, “What are you doing?”
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
And
the priest’s heart was
glad, and he took
the ephod, and
the teraphim, and
the graven image, and went in
the midst of
the people.
So
the priest was
glad and took
the ephod,
the household idols, and
the graven image, and went with
the people.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Putting
their small children,
their livestock, and
their possessions in front of
them,
they turned and departed.
And when
they were a good way from
the house of
Micah,
the men that were in
the houses near to
Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook
the children of
Dan.
After
they were some distance from
Micah’s house,
the men in
the houses near
Micah’s house
mobilized and overtook
the Danites.
