¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the ^aHebrew^•; for he dwelt ^bin^• the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, ^ahe^• armed his trained servants, ^bborn^• in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the ^aleft^• hand of Damascus.

 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his ^abrother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

 If this people ^ago^• up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

 Whereupon the king took counsel, and ^amade^• two ^bcalves^• of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy ^cgods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in ^aDan^•.

 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

 And he made an ^ahouse^• of high places, and made ^bpriests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the ^afeast^• that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the ^bpriests of the high places which he had made.

 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it ^aof^• a long time in such sort as it was written.