Judges 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.

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

They went up and camped at Kiryat-Ye'arim, in Y'hudah, which is why that place is called Machaneh-Dan [the camp of Dan] to this day (actually, it's behind Kiryat-Ye'arim).

They 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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 13:25 (5 votes)

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

  • Joshua 15:60 (3 votes)

    Kirjathbaal, which [is] Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

  • 2 Chronicles 1:4 (2 votes)

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

  • 1 Samuel 7:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the men of Kirjathjearim 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:5 (2 votes)

    So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:6 (2 votes)

    And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kirjathjearim, 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].