Judges 18:16
in Judges 18The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Judges 18
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,.... Who were armed men, and marched with their armour about them: which were of the children of Dan; for no other were concerned in this expedition: stood by the entering of the gate; not of Micah's house, but of the city in which his house was; here they stood while the five men went up to the house.
This site's exposition
the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish
on Judges 18:14-17
The four objects are the ones made at 17:3-5, a graven image and a molten idol from the mother's silver, with an ephod and household idols. The Hebrew word for these idols names the ones Rachel stole at Genesis 31:19, where the King James renders it images. The scouts carry them out while “six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate”, one walled compound in Barnes's reading.
This site's exposition
stood at the entrance of the gate
Gill places the gate at the entrance of the town around the house of Micah, and Barnes at the single gate of Micah's own court. Either way the armed men held the one way out. Matthew Henry asks how gods that could be carried off were ever to protect the men who stole them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It is mentioned as the reproach of idols that they themselves had gone into captivity, Isa. xlvi. O the sottishness of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protect them that could not keep themselves from being stolen?
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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֵׁשׁ־ | veshesh- | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֣וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אִ֗ישׁ | ʾish | man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| חֲגוּרִים֙ | chagurim | girded | H2296 → | 44 times |
| כְּלֵ֣י | kelei | [the] weapons of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| מִלְחַמְתָּ֔ם | milchamtam | war their | H4421 → | 320 times |
| נִצָּבִ֖ים | nitzavim | [were] standing | H5324 → | 75 times |
| פֶּ֣תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַשָּׁ֑עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מִבְּנֵי־ | mibenei- | [were] of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דָֽן׃ | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
וְשֵׁשׁ־and six
veshesh-H8337 →216 times
מֵא֣וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
אִ֗ישׁman
ʾishH376 →1663 times
חֲגוּרִים֙girded
chagurimH2296 →44 times
כְּלֵ֣י[the] weapons of
keleiH3627 →325 times
מִלְחַמְתָּ֔םwar their
milchamtamH4421 →320 times
נִצָּבִ֖ים[were] standing
nitzavimH5324 →75 times
פֶּ֣תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
הַשָּׁ֑עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מִבְּנֵי־[were] of [the] descendants of
mibenei-H1121 →4930 times
דָֽן׃Dan
danH1835 →70 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Judges
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.