HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4265
מַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ן
ma.cha.neh-dan — Mahaneh-dan
§ Mahaneh-dan = "camp of Dan" campsite of the tribe of Dan; place behind Kirjath-jearim and between Zorah and Eshtaol
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Mahaneh-dan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Judg. 18:12 = “camp of Dan” 13:25 (R.V., “Mahaneh-dan”), a place behind (i.e., west of) Kirjath-jearim, where the six hundred Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol encamped on their way to capture the city of Laish, which they rebuilt and called “Dan, after the name of their father” (18:11-31). The Palestine Explorers point to a ruin called ‘Erma, situated about 3 miles from the great corn valley on the east of Samson’s home.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.