Judges 18:17
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
Cross-reference
In Judges 18:2, the five spies are sent out — here in verse 17 they take the idols, continuing their role.
In Judges 18:14, the five spies report the idols — here in verse 17 they take them, a direct sequential action.
In Judges 17:4, this same carved image was made from the silver — the Danites now steal it, continuing the narrative.
In Judges 17:5, Micah set up the ephod and teraphim that the Danites take here — direct narrative link.
Judges 8:27 describes Gideon's ephod becoming an idol — similar to the ephod taken here.
In Exodus 32:20, Moses destroys the golden calf — contrasting with the Danites who steal and keep the idol for worship.
2 Kings 23:24 records Josiah's removal of teraphim and idols — contrasting with the Danites taking them here.
In Isaiah 46:1, Bel and Nebo are carried away as burdens — parallel to the Danites carrying off Micah's idol, showing idols cannot save themselves.
In Isaiah 46:2, the idols stoop and cannot save the burden — same theme of powerless idols being carried off, as here.
Isaiah 46:7 mocks carrying idols that cannot save — similar to the Danites carrying Micah's idols here.
Hosea 3:4 prophesies a time without ephod and teraphim — the opposite of the Danites taking them here.
1 Samuel 19:13 also features teraphim — household idols used in deception, similar to those taken here.
In 2 Kings 19:18, Hezekiah notes Assyrian gods are wood and stone — here the Danites treat a similar idol as valuable, contrasting true worth.