Then the Danites went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned back to his home (וַיֵּלְכוּ דָן לְדַרְכָּם וַיַּרְא מִיכָה כִּי־חֲזָקִים הֵם מִמֶּנּוּ וַיִּשׁוּב לְבֵיתוֹ) — Micah recognizes that the Danites are ``too strong for him'' (חֲזָקִים הֵם מִמֶּנּוּ) and abandons pursuit, returning to his house in defeat. His acquiescence to the seizure of his shrine, priest, and religious objects marks the complete undoing of his religious establishment. The narrative does not suggest that Micah sought legal redress or that anyone intervened on his behalf; the Danites' military superiority simply overrode any claim he might have asserted.

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