28. 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.
29. They named it Dan after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.
30. There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.
31. They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.