Judges 18:12
And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim in Judah; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
13And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
Cross References
Joshua 15:9And the border going forth from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and terminates at Mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baalah; this is the city of Jearim.
Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Zorah and Eshtaol.
1 Samuel 7:1And the men of Kiriath-jearim come, and bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord: and they bring it into the house of Abinadab in the hill; and they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 1:4But David had brought up the ark of God out of the city of Kiriath-jearim; for David had prepared a place for it, for he had pitched a tabernacle for it in Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Judges 18:8-14
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and,… Read the whole commentary →