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Place

Mahaneh-dan

Name meaning: tents of judgment (Hitchcock)

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.

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

Key verses

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(camp of Dan), spoken of as “behind Kirjath-jearim,” (Judges 18:12) and as between Zorah and Eshtaol.” ch. (Judges 13:25)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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