Judges 18:12

Judges 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.
• New International Version (NIV)On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they went up and encamped in Kirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. There it is, west of Kirjath Jearim.)

Context of Judges 18:12

10When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” 11So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. (To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.) 13From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house. 14The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”

Judges 18:12 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ בְּקִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִ֖ים בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֡ן קָרְאוּ֩ לַמָּק֨וֹם הַה֜וּא מַחֲנֵה־דָ֗ן עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הִנֵּ֕ה אַחֲרֵ֖י קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and pitchedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• in Kirjath–jearimקִרְיַת יְעָרִיםqiryath ye‛ârîym qiryath ‛ârîym · Kiriath-jearimH7157
• in Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• wherefore they calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• that placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• Mahaneh–danמַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ןmachănêh-dân · Mahaneh-danH4265
• unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310

Cross-references for Judges 18:12

• Joshua 15:60Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah – a total of two cities and their towns.
• 1 Samuel 7:1Then the people of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.
• 1 Chronicles 13:5So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
• 2 Chronicles 1:4(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
• Judges 13:25The Lord’s spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Commentaries on Judges 18:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Mahaneh-dan - "The camp of Dan;" so called from the circumstance of this armament encamping there. See Judges 13:25; (note), which affords some proof that this transaction was previous to the days of Samson.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Kurjath-jearim - “City of forests,” otherwise called “Kirjath-Baal” (marginal reference.), identified by Robinson with the modern “Kurit-el-Enab,” on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem and by Conder with Soba.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Kiriath-jearim: This town, located northwest of Jerusalem, housed the Ark for twenty years (1 Samuel 7:1–2) after its return from Philistine captivity. It was on the border of Judah and Benjamin and received a memorial name linked to Dan’s wanderings (compare with the different site in Judges 13:25).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 18:12

• Jonathan
• Mahaneh-Dan

In the dictionaries

• Dan
• Judah
• Mahaneh-Dan
• Ask
• Eshtaol
• Mahanehdan
• Micah
• Quiet
• Teraphim
• Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of

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