Judges 18:2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Cross-references
Judges 18:8 records the spies' return to Zorah and Eshtaol, completing the mission begun in verse 2.
Judges 18:11 shows the Danite army departing from Zorah and Eshtaol, continuing the narrative from verse 2.
Judges 18:13 continues the same journey — the spies arrive at Micah's house, directly following this verse.
In Judges 18:17, these same five men later steal Micah's religious objects — the spies introduced here carry out the theft.
Judges 13:25 locates Samson's stirring between Zorah and Eshtaol, the same towns the spies came from in verse 2.
Judges 16:31 records Samson's burial between Zorah and Eshtaol, the same towns mentioned as the spies' origin in verse 2.
Judges 17:1 introduces Micah, whose house the Danite spies visit — providing background for the idolatry that follows.
Judges 1:23 describes a similar spying mission by the house of Joseph against Bethel — a strong parallel in method and purpose.
Judges 13:2 also mentions Zorah as Manoah's hometown, linking the spies' origin to Samson's family.
Joshua 19:41 lists Zorah and Eshtaol as part of Dan's inheritance, the same towns the spies were sent from in verse 2.