Judges 18:13
in Judges 18And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
KJV
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
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This verse in Judges 18
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd they passed thence unto Mount Ephraim,.... Steering their coast still northward; this, according to Bunting (b), was eight miles from Kirjathjearim, or Mahanehdan, in which Micah's house was, for as yet they were not come to it, see Jdg 18:15. (b) Ibid. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 112.)
This site's exposition
six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol
on Judges 18:11-13
Six hundred armed men is the number the book gives again at 20:47, where six hundred Benjamites survive the war on their tribe. They camp west of Kiriath-jearim, and the place keeps the name Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan, “to this day”. Judges 13:25 sets a Mahaneh-dan between Zorah and Eshtaol, and Clarke reads this verse as proof that the migration came before Samson.
This site's exposition
they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim
The route runs north through Judah and then into the Ephraim hills, the way the five spies had gone before. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown have the column skirting the base of those hills. The road leads the army back to Micah's door.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
It was strange that none of their brethren of their own tribe, much less of any other, came in to their assistance; but it was long after Israel came to Canaan before there appeared among them any thing of a public spirit, or concern for a common interest, which was the reason why they seldom united in a common head, and this kept them low and inconsiderable.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan." Prosecuting the northern route, they skirted the base of the Ephraimite hills.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ | vaiyaavru | and they passed through | H5674 → | 556 times |
| מִשָּׁ֖ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| הַר־ | har- | [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| אֶפְרָ֑יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מִיכָֽה׃ | mikhah | Micah | H4318 → | 33 times |
וַיַּעַבְר֥וּand they passed through
vaiyaavruH5674 →556 times
מִשָּׁ֖םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
הַר־[the] hill country of
har-H2022 →546 times
אֶפְרָ֑יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
מִיכָֽה׃Micah
mikhahH4318 →33 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 24:30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:50
as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
- Joshua 19:50
Through
Judges 19:1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
it leads to
- Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among…
- Matthew 2:6
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…
- Judges 17:8
This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 18:1
Through
Judges 17:1Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
it leads to
- Judges 10:1
After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 18:2
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The…
- Judges 10:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.