And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
 

18:30 Gershom, the son of Manasseh. This story involves Micah of the tribe of Ephraim, a young Levite living with the tribe of Judah, and the northern settlers from the tribe of Dan. It does not follow the story of Samson chronologically, but took place much earlier (apparently during or soon after Joshua’s conquest). In this passage the Danites had not yet completely occupied their promised territory.


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