They passed there to the hill-country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
      III. The Danites' expedition against Laish. This particular family of them, to whose lot that city fell, now at length make towards it, Judges 18:11-13; Judges 18:11-13. The military men were but 600 in all, not a hundredth part of that tribe, for when they entered Canaan the Danites were above 64,000, Numbers 26:43. It was strange that none of their brethren of their own tribe, much less of any other, came in to their assistance; but it was long after Israel came to Canaan before there appeared among them any thing of a public spirit, or concern for a common interest, which was the reason why they seldom united in a common head, and this kept them low and inconsiderable. It appears (by Judges 18:21; Judges 18:21) that these 600 were the whole number that went to settle there, for they had their families and effects with them, their little ones and cattle, so confident were they of success. The other tribes gave them a free passage through their country. Their first day's march brought them to Kirjath-jearim (Judges 18:12; Judges 18:12), and such rare things had military encampments now become in Israel that the place where they rested that night was thence called Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan, and probably the place whence they began their march between Zorah and Eshtaol was called by the same name, and is meant, Judges 13:25; Judges 13:25. The second day's march brought them to Mount Ephraim, near Micah's house (Judges 18:13; Judges 18:13), and there we must pause awhile.