²⁹ They named it Dan. That’s because they traced their family line back to Dan. He was a son of Israel. The city used to be called Laish. ³⁰ There the people of Dan set up for themselves the statue of the god that was covered with silver. Jonathan and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan. Jonathan was the son of Gershom, the son of Moses. Jonathan and his sons were priests until the time when the land was captured. ³¹ The people of Dan continued to use the statue Micah had made. They used it during the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.