¹⁷ Then ^(A)the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up. Entering there, they took ^(B)the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image. The priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men who were armed with weapons of war.

¹⁸ When these went into Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

²⁴ So he said, “You have ^(A)taken away my ^[a]gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What ails you?’ ”

²¹ And they left their ^[a]images there, and David and his men ^(A)carried them away.