John Gill's Exposition on Judges 18:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they went up and pitched in Kirjathjearim in Judah, etc.] Of which place (see <061509>Joshua 15:9,60). According to Bunting f383 it was sixteen miles from Zorah and Eshtaol, and this was their first day’s march: wherefore they called the name of that place Mahanehdan unto this day; which signifies the camp of Dan, or of the Danites; so it was called in the times of Samson, (<071325>Judges 13:25) and is a proof that this expedition was before his time; and it was so called, it seems, in the time of Samuel, the writer of this book: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim; to the west of it; for though they are said to pitch in that place, the meaning is, that they pitched near it, in the fields adjacent to it, which were the most proper and convenient for a camp.

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