Judges 18:16

And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

17Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

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Cross References

Judges 18:11So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:15-27

Micah's Gods Stolen; Micah's Attempt to Recover His Idols. ( b. c. 1406.) 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,… Read the whole commentary →

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