Judges 18:12 meaning and explanation

They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

Judges 18:12, Berean Standard Bible

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The verse sits inside the story of the Danites, who had not yet received territory and sent six hundred armed men north to seize the town of Laish. On the way they camped at Kiriath-jearim, a town in Judah's hill country.

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