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27 And they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they put them to the sword[a] and burned the city with fire. 28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had had no dealings with anyone.[b] It was in the valley that belonged to Beth-rehob, and they rebuilt[c] the city and lived in it. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after Dan their ancestor,[d] who was born to Israel; but the former name of the city was Laish.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:27 Literally “they put them to the mouth of the sword”
  2. Judges 18:28 Literally “a thing was not for them with anyone”
  3. Judges 18:28 Hebrew “built”
  4. Judges 18:29 Or “father”