mahaneh-dan Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
mahaneh-dan in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 Israel Explorers point to a ruin called 'Erma, situated about 3 miles from the great corn valley on the east of Samson's home.
mahaneh-dan in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(camp of Dan), spoken of as "behind Kirjath-jearim," #Jud 18:12| and as between Zorah and Eshtaol." ch. #Jud 13:25|
mahaneh-dan in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MA'HANEH-DAN (the camp of Dan), a place "behind Kirjath-jearim," Jud 18:12, and "between Zorah and Eshtaol." Jud 13:25.