The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Judges 18:24 And he said, “You have taken away my mighty ones which I made, and the priest, and you are leaving. Now what more do I have? What is this you say to me, ‘What is the matter?’ ”
 
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Judges 18:25
King James Version(KJV)

25.)And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
 
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Judges 18:26 (NASB)
[SUP]26 [/SUP] So the sons of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
 
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Judges 18:27 (ERV)
And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
 
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Judges 18:28
New International Version (NIV)


There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.

The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.
 
Judges 18:29 (NASB)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born in Israel; however, the name of the city formerly was Laish.
 
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Judges 18:30
King James Version(KJV)

30.)And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land
 
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Judges !9:1 Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine
 
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Judges 19:2
King James Version(KJV)

2.)And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
 
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Judges 19:3 (NASB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] Then her husband arose and went after her to speak tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father's house, and when the girl's father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
 
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Judges 19:4 And his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, detained him, and he dwelt with him three days. And they ate and drank and spent the nights there.
 
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Judges 19:5
New International Version (NIV)


On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself with something to eat; then you can go.”
 
Judges 19:6 (KJV)
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
 
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Judges 19:8New International Version (NIV)

8 On the morning of the fifth day, when he rose to go, the woman’s father said, “Refresh yourself. Wait till afternoon!” So the two of them ate together.
 
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Judges 19:9
King James Version(KJV)

9.)And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
 
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Judges 19:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
 
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