Judges 18 · Verse 12

Judges 18:12

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.
Judges 18:12, King James Version

Judges 18:12 in other translations

BSBThey went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
WEBThey 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.
ASVAnd they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
YLTAnd they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, ‘Camp of Dan,' till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim.
DARBYAnd they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
BBEAnd they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.
WebsterAnd they went up, and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

What does Judges 18:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11-21

11-21. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Mahaneh-dan - "The camp of Dan;" so called from the circumstance of this armament encamping there. See Jdg 13:25 (note), which affords some proof that this transaction was previous to the days of Samson.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Judges 18:12 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went upH5927
וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּקִרְיַ֥תbe.kir.Yatat KiriathH7157
יְעָרִ֖יםye.'a.RimJearimH7157
בִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.Dahin JudahH3063
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֡ןken-foreH3651
קָרְאוּ֩ka.re.'Uthey calledH7121
לַמָּק֨וֹםla.ma.Kom<to> the placeH4725
הַה֜וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
מַחֲנֵה\־ma.cha.neh-MahanehH4265
דָ֗ןDanDanH4265
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
הִנֵּ֕הhi.Nehthere!H2009
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReibehindH310
קִרְיַ֥תkir.YatKiriathH7157
יְעָרִֽים\׃ye.'a.RimJearimH7157

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 18:12

  • Judges 13:25

    And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:5-6

    So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath–jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

  • Joshua 15:60

    Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

  • 2 Chronicles 1:4

    But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath–jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Samuel 7:1

    And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kirjath-jearim.A city of Judah, on the confines of Benjamin; distant nine miles from Ælia or Jerusalem, in going towards Diospolis or Lydda, according to Eusebius.
Jos 15:60; 1Sa 7:1; 1Ch 13:5,6; 2Ch 1:4
Mahaneh-dan.
13:25; *marg:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 18:11

    And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

  • Judges 18:12

    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.

  • Judges 18:13

    And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

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Judges 18:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Fueron y asentaron campo en Chîriath-jearim, en Judá; de donde aquel lugar fué llamado el campo de Dan, hasta hoy: está detrás de Chîriath-jearim.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils montèrent, et campèrent à Kiriath-Jéarim, en Juda; c’est pourquoi on a appelé ce lieu-là Mahané-Dan, jusqu’à ce jour: voici, il est derrière Kiriath-Jéarim.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie zogen hinauf und lagerten sich zu Kirjath-Jearim in Juda; daher hat man selbigen Ort Machaneh-Dan genannt bis auf diesen Tag; siehe, er ist hinter Kirjath-Jearim.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ascendentesque manserunt in Cariathiarim Judæ: qui locus ex eo tempore Castrorum Dan nomen accepit, et est post tergum Cariathiarim.