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 come to unsuspecting people. The land is spacious. For God has put it in your hand—a place where there is no lack of anything on the earth.” 11So from the Danite clan from Zorah and Eshtaol, 600 men set out, armed with weapons of war. They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day—behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim. 13From there they passed on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house. 14Then the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household idols, a carved image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you have 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—2 towns with their villages.
• 1 Samuel 7:1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came and fetched up the ark of Adonai, brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of Adonai.
• 1 Chronicles 13:5So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamat, to bring the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
• 2 Chronicles 1:4Now David had brought up the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
• Judges 13:25The Ruach Adonai began to stir 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