26 So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned around and went back home.
26 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.
26 Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.
26 The Danites went on their way. Micah saw that he didn't stand a chance against their arms. He turned back and went home.
26 Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
26 So the men of Dan continued on their way. When Micah saw that there were too many of them for him to attack, he turned around and went home.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 18:26
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The Danites seek to enlarge their inheritance, and rob Micah.
The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh the folly of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protect them, that could not keep themselves from being stolen! To take them for their own use, was a double crime; it showed they neither feared God, nor regarded man, but were lost both to godliness and honesty. What a folly was it for Micah to call those his gods, which he had made, when He only is to be worshipped by us as God, that made us! That is put in God's place, which we are concerned about, as if our all were bound up in it. If people will walk in the name of their false gods, much more should we love and serve the true God!