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Judges 18:12

JudahKiriath-jearimMahaneh-dan

10 When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

11 So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.

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.

13 And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.

14 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And 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.
BLB
And they went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Upon thus they call that place Mahaneh-dan to this day. Behold, [it is] behind Kiriath-jearim.
ÅB
De dro opp og leiret seg i Kirjat-Jearim i Juda; derfor har folk kalt dette sted Dans leir til denne dag, det ligger vestenfor Kirjat-Jearim.
OTB
På reisen slo de leir nær Kirjat-Jearim i Juda. Dette er grunnen til at stedet kalles Mahané-Dan den dag i dag, beliggende vest for Kirjat-Jearim.
B1930
De drog op og leiret sig i Kirjat-Jearim i Juda; derfor har folk kalt dette sted Dans leir til denne dag, det ligger vestenfor Kirjat-Jearim.

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  • Judges 13:25

    And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:5–6

    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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  • Joshua 15:60

    Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:4

    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:1

    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

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