B. Social Chaos – Danite apostasy and migration (18:1-31)
1. The Problem of the Danites – No “allocation” (not entirely true!) (v.1)
2. Danite spies sent to find an “inheritance” – The Micah connection (vv.2-7) 3. Spies report–Found “spacious land” which God was giving them? (vv.8-10) 4. The Danite invasion force encounters Micah & his “new” religion (v.11-21) 5. Micah pursues the Danites attempting to recover his “gods” (vv.22-26)
6. The Danites capture the peaceful Sidonian city of Laish – (vv.27-29)
Conclusion: Micah’s perverse religion adopted by the tribe of Dan (vv.30-31)