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24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’”[a] 25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men[b] will attack you, and you and your family will die.”[c] 26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized[d] they were too strong to resist,[e] he turned around and went home.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:24 tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”
  2. Judges 18:25 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
  3. Judges 18:25 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”
  4. Judges 18:26 tn Heb “saw.”
  5. Judges 18:26 tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”