Judges 18:16

Judges 18:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
• New International Version (NIV)The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

Context of Judges 18:16

14Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do. 15And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare. And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war. 18And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?

Judges 18:16 word by word

וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֗ישׁ חֲגוּרִים֙ כְּלֵ֣י מִלְחַמְתָּ֔ם נִצָּבִ֖ים פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִבְּנֵי־דָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• girdedחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• weaponsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• stoodנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• entranceפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Cross-references for Judges 18:16

• Judges 18:11And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

Commentaries on Judges 18:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The 600 armed warriors were ready to attack the lone Levite. Unlike Gideon's army of 300, which faced the large Midianite forces (Judges 7:2–11), the Danites were just armed bullies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2111-21. there went from thence of the family of the Danites ... six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jud 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan."…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 18:16

• Dishonesty
• Jonathan
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Dan
• Ask
• Micah
• Quiet
• Teraphim
• Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of
• Dan (2)
• Intercession
• Israel, History of
• Jebus; Jebusi; Jebusite

Commentaries on Judges 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary