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 get there, you will find the people living carefree lives. God has given us a spacious and fertile land, lacking in nothing!” 11So 600 men from the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. They camped at a place west of Kiriath-jearim in Judah, which is called Mahaneh-dan to this day. 13Then they went on from there into the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah. 14The five men who had scouted out the land around Laish explained to the others, “These buildings contain a sacred ephod, as well as some household idols, a carved image, and a cast idol. What do you think you should 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 15:60There were also Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—two towns with their surrounding villages.
• 1 Samuel 7:1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came to get the Ark of the Lord. They took it to the hillside home of Abinadab and ordained Eleazar, his son, to be in charge of it.
• 1 Chronicles 13:5So David summoned all Israel, from the Shihor Brook of Egypt in the south all the way to the town of Lebo-hamath in the north, to join in bringing the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
• 2 Chronicles 1:4David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem.
• Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he lived in Mahaneh-dan, which is located between the towns of 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