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.
Hervey also pointed out that, "The original image made by Micah may have been destroyed by Saul or David ...  Others think that `the captivity of the land' is a reference to some deportation of the Danites by the Syrians or other neighboring enemies not recorded in the Bible.  This would enable us to give what is surely the natural meaning to the words, `the captivity of the land.'"[19]