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15 They stopped[a] there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah),[b] and asked him how he was doing.[c] 16 Meanwhile the 600 Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.[d] 17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole[e] the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the 600 fully armed men.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “turned aside.”
  2. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
  3. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”
  4. Judges 18:16 tn Heb “And the 600 men, equipped with the weapons of war…from the sons of Dan.”
  5. Judges 18:17 tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”
  6. Judges 18:17 tn Heb “600 men, equipped with the weapons of war.”

15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him. 16 The six hundred Danites,(A) armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(B) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(C) stood at the entrance of the gate.

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