They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
However one may interpret this difficult passage, there is certainly nothing in it that contradicts the probability of Samuel's authorship of Judges.  Again, from Hervey, "Certainty regarding the interpretation here cannot be arrived at without more actual knowledge."[20]