¹⁷ The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods^(A) while the priest and the six hundred armed men^(B) stood at the entrance of the gate.

¹⁸ When the five men went into Micah’s house and took^(C) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,^(D) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

²¹ The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.^(A)