The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
Parallel Translations
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The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
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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.
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And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
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Passages linked to Judges 18:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 18:11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with…
Jdg 18:16 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.
Ver. 16. Stood by the entering of the gate.] To aid the thieves, if there should be any opposition made against them. So that here met those two ways of theft mentioned by Nazianzen, επιβουλη, or crafty contrivance, and επιβολη, rapine and violence.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons…
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,.... Who were armed men, and marched with their armour about them:
which were of the children of Dan; for no other were concerned in this expedition: stood by the entering of the gate; not of Micah's house, but of the city in which his house was; here they stood while the five men went up to the house.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Stood by the entering of the gate —…
16. Stood by the entering of the gate — The gate or doorway that led to Micah’s sanctuary is meant. By this the six hundred stationed themselves to prevent any one from hindering the five men as they took possession of Micah’s gods.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. The whole of this verse seems to be…
16. The whole of this verse seems to be a mistaken repetition of Jdg_18:17 b; both the grammar and the construction of the sentence are faulty. Budde, however, would transpose the verse to Jdg_18:18 after molten image.
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