Judges 18

1 in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) nothing king in/on/with Israel and in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) tribe [the] Danite to seek to/for him inheritance to/for to dwell for not to fall: allot to/for him till [the] day [the] he/she/it in/on/with midst tribe Israel in/on/with inheritance

IN those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

2 and to send: depart son: descendant/people Dan from family their five human from end their human son: descendant/people strength from Zorah and from Eshtaol to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to/for to search her and to say to(wards) them to go: went to search [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to come (in): come mountain: hill country Ephraim till house: home Micah and to lodge there

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

3 they(masc.) with house: home Micah and they(masc.) to recognize [obj] voice [the] youth [the] Levi and to turn aside: turn aside there and to say to/for him who? to come (in): bring you here and what? you(m. s.) to make: do in/on/with this and what? to/for you here

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

4 and to say to(wards) them like/as this and like/as this to make: do to/for me Micah and to hire me and to be to/for him to/for priest

And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

5 and to say to/for him to ask please in/on/with God and to know to prosper way: journey our which we to go: went upon her

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

6 and to say to/for them [the] priest to go: went to/for peace before LORD way: journey your which to go: went in/on/with her

And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.

7 and to go: went five [the] human and to come (in): come Laish [to] and to see: see [obj] [the] people which in/on/with entrails: among her to dwell to/for security like/as justice: custom Sidonian to quiet and to trust and nothing be humiliated word: thing in/on/with land: country/planet to possess: possess magistrate and distant they(masc.) from Sidonian and word: thing nothing to/for them with man

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

8 and to come (in): come to(wards) brother: compatriot their Zorah and Eshtaol and to say to/for them brother: compatriot their what? you(m. p.)

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?

9 and to say to arise: rise [emph?] and to ascend: rise upon them for to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet and behold pleasant much and you(m. p.) be silent not be sluggish to/for to go: went to/for to come (in): come to/for to possess: take [obj] [the] land: country/planet

And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

10 like/as to come (in): come you to come (in): come to(wards) people to trust and [the] land: country/planet broad: wide hand: spacious for to give: give her God in/on/with hand: power your place which nothing there need all word: thing which in/on/with land: country/planet

When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

11 and to set out from there from family [the] Danite from Zorah and from Eshtaol six hundred man to gird article/utensil battle

And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

12 and to ascend: rise and to camp in/on/with Kiriath-jearim Kiriath-jearim in/on/with Judah upon so to call: call by to/for place [the] he/she/it Mahaneh-dan Mahaneh-dan till [the] day: today [the] this behold after Kiriath-jearim Kiriath-jearim

And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

13 and to pass from there mountain: hill country Ephraim and to come (in): come till house: home Micah

And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

14 and to answer five [the] human [the] to go: went to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet Laish and to say to(wards) brother: compatriot their to know for there in/on/with house: home [the] these ephod and teraphim and idol and liquid and now to know what? to make: do

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

15 and to turn aside: turn aside there [to] and to come (in): come to(wards) house: home [the] youth [the] Levi house: home Micah and to ask to/for him to/for peace: well-being

And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

16 and six hundred man to gird article/utensil battle their to stand entrance [the] gate which from son: descendant/people Dan

And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

17 and to ascend: rise five [the] human [the] to go: went to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet to come (in): come there [to] to take: take [obj] [the] idol and [obj] [the] ephod and [obj] [the] teraphim and [obj] [the] liquid and [the] priest to stand entrance [the] gate and six hundred [the] man [the] to gird article/utensil [the] battle

And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

18 and these to come (in): come house: home Micah and to take: take [obj] idol [the] ephod and [obj] [the] teraphim and [obj] [the] liquid and to say to(wards) them [the] priest what? you(m. p.) to make: do

And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

19 and to say to/for him be quiet to set: put hand your upon lip your and to go: come with us and to be to/for us to/for father and to/for priest pleasant to be you priest to/for house: home man one or to be you priest to/for tribe and to/for family in/on/with Israel

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

20 and be good heart [the] priest and to take: take [obj] [the] ephod and [obj] [the] teraphim and [obj] [the] idol and to come (in): come in/on/with entrails: among [the] people

And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

21 and to turn and to go: went and to set: put [obj] [the] child and [obj] [the] livestock and [obj] [the] riches to/for face: before their

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

22 they(masc.) to remove from house: home Micah and [the] human which in/on/with house: home which with house: home Micah to cry out and to cleave [obj] son: descendant/people Dan

And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

23 and to call: call out to(wards) son: descendant/people Dan and to turn: turn face their and to say to/for Micah what? to/for you for to cry out

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

24 and to say [obj] God my which to make to take: take and [obj] [the] priest and to go: went and what? to/for me still and what? this to say to(wards) me what? to/for you

And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

25 and to say to(wards) him son: descendant/people Dan not to hear: hear voice your with us lest to fall on in/on/with you human bitter soul: appetite and to gather soul: life your and soul: life house: household your

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.

26 and to go: went son: descendant/people Dan to/for way: journey their and to see: examine Micah for strong they(masc.) from him and to turn and to return: return to(wards) house: home his

And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

27 and they(masc.) to take: take [obj] which to make Micah and [obj] [the] priest which to be to/for him and to come (in): come upon Laish upon people to quiet and to trust and to smite [obj] them to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] [the] city to burn in/on/with fire

And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

28 and nothing to rescue for distant he/she/it from Sidon and word: thing nothing to/for them with man and he/she/it in/on/with valley which to/for Beth-rehob Beth-rehob and to build [obj] [the] city and to dwell in/on/with her

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

29 and to call: call by name [the] city Dan in/on/with name Dan father their which to beget to/for Israel and but Laish name [the] city to/for first

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

30 and to arise: establish to/for them son: descendant/people Dan [obj] [the] idol and Jonathan son: child Gershom son: child Moses he/she/it and son: child his to be priest to/for tribe [the] Danite till day to reveal: remove [the] land: country/planet

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.

31 and to set: make to/for them [obj] idol Micah which to make all day to be house: temple [the] God in/on/with Shiloh

And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.