Judges 18:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they went up and encamped in Kirjathjearim in Judah; therefore they called that place Mahanehdan to this day; behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They went up and encamped in Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why to this day the place is called Mahaneh Dan (the camp of Dan), located west of Kiriath-jearim.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they went up,{H5927} and encamped{H2583} in Kiriath-jearim,{H7157} in Judah:{H3063} wherefore they called{H7121} that place{H4725} Mahaneh-dan,{H4265} unto this day;{H3117} behold, it is behind{H310} Kiriath-jearim.{H7157}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they went up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and pitched{H2583}{(H8799)} in Kirjathjearim{H7157}, in Judah{H3063}: wherefore they called{H7121}{(H8804)} that place{H4725} Mahanehdan{H4265} unto this day{H3117}: behold, it is behind{H310} Kirjathjearim{H7157}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and wente vp, and pitched at Kiriath Iearim in Iuda: therfore called they the same place, ye hoost of Dan, vnto this daye, which is behinde Kiriath Iearim.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they went vp, and pitched in Kiriath-iearim in Iudah: wherefore they called that place, Mahaneh-Dan vnto this day: and it is behinde Kiriath-iearim.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they went vp, and pytched in Kiriath iarim, whiche is in Iuda: Wherfore they called the place, Mahaneh Dan, vnto this day, and it is on ye backsyde of Kiriath iarim.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, [it is] behind Kirjathjearim.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah.(To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.)

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 13:25 : 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • Josh 15:60 : 60 Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
  • 1 Sam 7:1 : 1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 13:5-6 : 5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.
  • 2 Chr 1:4 : 4 But the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 18:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 When you go, you shall come to a secure people and to a large land, for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.

    11 And from there went of the family of the Danites from Zorah and from Eshtaol six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

  • Judg 18:13
    77%

    13 And they passed from there to Mount Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

  • Judg 18:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

    2 And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their territory, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. When they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

    3 When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

  • Judg 18:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

    21 So they turned and departed and put the little ones, the cattle, and the goods before them.

    22 When they were a good distance from Micah's house, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.

    23 And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you, that you come with such a company?

  • Judg 18:26-30
    5 verses
    74%

    26 And the children of Dan went their way, and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

    27 And they took what Micah had made, and the priest he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.

    28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with anyone; and it was in the valley that lies by Bethrehob. And they built a city and lived there.

    29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however, the name of the city was Laish at first.

    30 And the children of Dan set up the carved image, and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • Judg 18:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15 And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

    16 And the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

    17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

  • Judg 15:9
    71%

    9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

  • 2 Sam 24:6
    71%

    6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,

  • Josh 19:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt there, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

    48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Num 33:31-33
    3 verses
    70%

    31 They departed from Moseroth, and camped in Bene Jaakan.

    32 They moved from Bene Jaakan, and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

    33 They went from Hor Haggidgad, and camped in Jotbathah.

  • Num 21:12
    69%

    12 From there they moved, and camped in the valley of Zared.

  • 1 Chr 13:6
    69%

    6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

  • Judg 17:8
    69%

    8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

  • Num 2:25
    69%

    25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies. The captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Num 33:25
    68%

    25 They moved from Haradah, and camped in Makheloth.

  • Judg 20:1
    68%

    1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation gathered together as one, from Dan to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

  • Judg 19:14
    68%

    14 So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

  • Judg 13:25
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 13:18
    68%

    18 Another company turned the road to Bethhoron; and another company turned to the road of the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

  • Num 2:31
    68%

    31 All that were numbered in the camp of Dan were one hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go last with their standards.

  • Josh 15:49
    68%

    49 Dannah, Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,

  • Josh 19:41
    68%

    41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

  • Num 10:25
    68%

    25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rear guard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Neh 11:30-31
    2 verses
    68%

    30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they lived from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

    31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba lived at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,

  • Josh 20:7
    68%

    7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Num 33:22
    68%

    22 They journeyed from Rissah, and camped in Kehelathah.

  • Num 1:38
    68%

    38 From the children of Dan, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;

  • 1 Sam 17:1
    68%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

  • Josh 15:37
    68%

    37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad,

  • Judg 20:19
    68%

    19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

    29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

    30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.

  • Num 33:29
    67%

    29 They went from Mithcah, and camped in Hashmonah.

  • Josh 19:27
    67%

    27 And turned toward the sunrise to Bethdagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left hand,

  • 1 Sam 7:11
    67%

    11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth-car.