26. Then they went on. Micah saw that they were too strong for him, so he turned and went back home.
27-28. After the men from Dan had taken the priest and the things that Micah had made, they went and attacked Laish, that town of peaceful, quiet people which was in the same valley as Bethrehob. They killed the inhabitants and burnt the town. There was no one to save them, because Laish was a long way from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any other people. The men from Dan rebuilt the town and settled down there.
29. They changed its name from Laish to Dan, after their ancestor Dan, the son of Jacob.