The Danites Steal Micah's Silver Gods And His Levite Priest
- In these lawless circumstances, a group of Danites are looking for a place to settle down with their families.
- They send out 5 strong men to find a suitable spot.
- While they're in Micah's town, they recognize his Levite priest, whom they'd bumped into before.
- When they see that he's become a priest, they ask him to counsel with God to see where they should go to find a home.
- The Levite tells them that God will help them.
- They find a really nice, spacious, secure city called Laish whose people don't guard it very well.
- The spies decide that this is the place for them, and they return to their families and gather 600 warriors.
- On their way to conquer Laish, they pass near Micah's house.
- The 5 spies go with their army to say hi to their Levite friend.
- While they're there, they decide to steal Micah's idols.
- They also convince their pal to leave Micah's house and be their priest instead.
- As they're making off like bandits, Micah and his pals chase them.
- But "Micah saw that they were too strong for him," so he went back home (KJV 18:26).
- The Danites conquer Laish and move in. With no king or judges, there's no one to stop them.