Judges 18: The Danites Take Laish

Still lacking land of their own, the Danites send spies who consult Micah’s Levite and find the peaceful, isolated city of Laish. An armed band of six hundred steals Micah’s idols, lures away his priest, brushes off his protest, destroys Laish, and rebuilds it as Dan around a rival shrine.

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What name did the Danites give the rebuilt city, and why (Judges 18:29)?

Zorah, after the town they had left in the southShiloh, because they hoped to set up God’s house thereDan, after their ancestor who was a son of IsraelMahaneh, because their army had camped beside it