27 And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire, 28 and there is no deliverer, for it 'is' far off from Zidon, and they have no word with 'any' man, and it 'is' in the valley which 'is' by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it, 29 and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish 'is' the name of the city at the first.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 18:27-29
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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!