They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
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They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
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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.
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And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah; wherefore that place was called Mahaneh-dan unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
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Passages linked to Judges 18:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 13:25 Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Joshua 15:60 Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5-6 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim. David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God Yahweh’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
- 1 Samuel 7:1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, the tents of Dan.
Or, the tents of Dan.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in…
Jdg 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, [it is] behind Kirjathjearim.
Ver. 12. Called that place Mahanehdan.] That is, The camp of Dan. See Jdg 13:25. Here dwelt Samson’s parents, and here were his Specimina et tyrocinia edita.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Kirjath-jearim, called Kirjath-baal, Jos 15:60; a city lying in…
Kirjath-jearim, called Kirjath-baal, Jos 15:60; a city lying in the northern parts of Judah, in the road to Laish; yet not in the city, but in the fields belonging to it, as the following words evince.
Behind Kirjath-jearim, i.e. westward from it, as the western sea is called the hindermost sea, Deu 11:24; and as, on the contrary, the east is called Keedem, which signifies the forepart.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they went up and pitched in Kirjathjearim in…
And they went up and pitched in Kirjathjearim in Judah,.... Of which place see Jos 15:9. According to Bunting (a) it was sixteen miles from Zorah and Eshtaol, and this was their first day's march:
wherefore they called the name of that place Mahanehdan unto this day; which signifies the camp of Dan, or of the Danites; so it was called in the times of Samson, Jdg 13:25 and is a proof that this expedition was before his time; and it was so called, it seems, in the time of Samuel, the writer of this book:
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behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim; to the west of it; for though they are said to pitch in that place, the meaning is, that they pitched near it, in the fields adjacent to it, which were the most proper and convenient for a camp.
(a) Ut supra. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 112.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Mahaneh-dan - That is, the camp of Daniel.
Mahaneh-dan - That is, the camp of Daniel.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Mahaneh-dan] "The camp of Dan;" so called…
Verse 12. Mahaneh-dan] "The camp of Dan;" so called from the circumstance of this armament encamping there. See Jdg 13:25, which affords some proof that this transaction was previous to the days of Samson.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 18:12-14. Mahaneh-dan — That is, the camp of…
Jdg 18:12-14. Mahaneh-dan — That is, the camp of Dan. They came unto the house of Micah — That is, to the town in which his house was, for they had not yet entered into it. Then answered the five men — That is, they spake; the word answering being often used in Scripture of the first speaker. There is in these houses — That is, in one of these houses. Consider what ye have to do — Whether it be not expedient to take them for your further use. Perhaps the remembrance of the ark being carried before their ancestors in former times, in all their expeditions, as a mark of God’s presence being among them, might incline them to the foolish and impious thought of taking with them Micah’s ephod and teraphim.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Kurjath-jearim - “City of forests,” otherwise called “Kirjath-Baal” (marginal…
Kurjath-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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Behind, on the west. (Calmet)
Behind, on the west. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Kirjath-jearim — Identified by Dr. Robinson with the…
12. Kirjath-jearim — Identified by Dr. Robinson with the modern Kuriet el-Enab, which lies about ten miles northeast of Zorah and five northwest of Jerusalem. See on Jos_9:17. They pitched in Kirjath does not mean that they encamped within the city of this name, but, as the context shows, in the open country behind the city.
Called that place — The place where they encamped, not the city Kirjath-jearim.
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Mahaneh-dan — That is, the camp of Dan. It probably lay some distance west or southwest of the city of Kirjath, and hence is said to be behind it. Compare note on Jdg_13:25.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Kiriath-jĕârim] i.e. city of woods; cf. Jos_9:17 P…
12. Kiriath-jĕârim] i.e. city of woods; cf. Jos_9:17 P and 1Sa_6:21; 1Sa_7:1 f. Eusebius (Onom. 109, 27. 271, 40) places it 9 Roman miles from Jerusalem on the road to Lydda; hence it is generally identified with Ḳirjat el-‘enab, which is just this distance. The site would fit in well with the present narrative, making the first encampment a short day’s march from the Danite seats. The identification cannot be regarded as certain; but there is more to be said for Ḳirjat el-‘enab than for ‘Erma, a ruined site to the S.W., which some prefer. ‘Erma has nothing whatever to do with jearim. The camp of Dan is said to have been behind, i.e. west of Kiriath-jearim; contrast Jdg_13:25, where it is placed between Zorah and Eshtaol. Local tradition may well have preserved the memory of this first halting-place in an expedition which involved a lasting effect upon the life of the district.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) In Kirjath-jearim.—Jos_9:17. The name means “city of forests.”…
(12) In Kirjath-jearim.—Jos_9:17. The name means “city of forests.” The modern name is “city of grapes” (Kuriet el Enab). It is nine miles from Jerusalem, on the Jaffa road. Its original names were Baalah and Kirjath-Baal (Jos_15:9; Jos_15:60). It was here that the ark remained for twenty years when sent back by the Philistines (1Sa_6:20-21; 1Sa_7:2). “We found it in the fields of the wood” (Psa_132:6).
Mahaneh – dan—i.e., the camp of Dan (Jdg_13:25). They must have probably encamped here for some little time, as we can hardly suppose that the place would have received the name permanently from the bivouac of one night.
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Behind—i.e., to the west of. So “the hinder sea” is the western or Mediterranean Sea (Deu_9:24; Zec_14:8). The site of Mahaneh-dan cannot be identified with certainty, as the position of Eshtaol is unknown.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Kirjath-jearim (city of forests), otherwise called Kirjath-Baal and Baalah,…
Kirjath-jearim (city of forests), otherwise called Kirjath-Baal and Baalah, in the hill country of Judah. (Jos_15:60) It, lay on the border of Benjamin. (Jos_18:14, Jos_18:15) Its modern representative in all probability is Kurit-el-enab, nine miles from Jerusalem, on the road to Joppa. The district is still very woody. Mahaneh-dan, i.e. the camp of Dan. (see Jud_1:13:25) Behind, i.e. to the west of. The exact site of Mahaneh-dan has not been identified with certainty. Mr. Williams was shown a site called Beit-Mahanem in the Wady Ismail which answers well in position, but it has not been noticed by any other traveller ("Dictionary of Bible").
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