Mahaneh-dan
Mahaneh-dan
(Heb. Machaneh’-Dan, , camp of Dan; Septuag. , Vulg. Casitre Dan), a name given to a spot west of Kirjath-jearim, in consequence of its having been the encampment of the party of Danites on their way to capture Laish (Jdg 18:12). Mr. Williams suggests a site called Beit Mahanem, on the north side of wady Ismail. and N.N.E. of Deir el Howa (Holy City, 1:12, note); but the name appears on no map, and occurs in no other traveler.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Mahaneh-dan
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 Palestine Explorers point to a ruin called ‘Erma, situated about 3 miles from the great corn valley on the east of Samson’s home.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Mahaneh Dan
(“camp of Dan”), named so from the 600 Danites’ last encampment here before setting out for Laish (Jdg 18:11-12). They stayed here some time (as the naming implies) assembling and preparing for their expedition. Between Zorah and Eshtaol, the scene of Samson’s first movements by the Spirit of God, while residing with his parents (Jdg 13:25; Jdg 16:31). Mahaneh Dan was situated “behind,” i.e. W. of Kirjath Jearim (now Kuriet el Enab) in Judah’s territory. Some identify Eshtaol with Kustul and Mahaneh Dan with Beit Mahanem (Williams, Holy City, Jdg 1:12, note).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Mahaneh-Dan
MAHANEH-DAN (Jdg 13:25; Jdg 18:12).The locality of this spot is given in these two passages as behind Kiriath-jearim, and as between Zorah and Eshtaol. In the former passage we are told that the Spirit of Jehovah began to move Samson in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol; in the latter passage the derivation of the name is given as the place where the last encampment of the band of 600 Danite warriors took place, before they set out on their expedition to Laish. The exact position of the spot has not been identified, as the site of Eshtaol (wh. see) is not known with certainty.
T. A. Moxon.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Mahaneh-Dan
maha-ne-dan (, mahaneh-dhan; , parembole Dan): This place is mentioned twice: in Jdg 13:25 (the King James Version the camp of Dan), and Jdg 18:12. In Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol, the spirit of the Lord began to move Samson. Here the 600 marauders of Dan, coming from Zorah and Eshtaol, encamped behind Kiriath-jearim. It has been thought that these two statements contradict each other; or at least that they cannot both apply to the same place. But if we accept the identification of Zorah with Surah, and of Eshtaol with Eshu, which there seems no reason to question; and if, further, we identify Kiriath-jearim with Khirbet Erma, which is at least possible, the two passages may be quite reconciled. Behind Kiriath-jearim, that is West of Khirbet Erma, runs the Vale of Sorek, on the north bank of which, about 2 miles apart, stand Zorah and Eshtaol; the former 3 1/2 miles, the latter 2 1/2 miles fron Khirbet Erma. No name resembling Mahanehdan has yet been recovered; but the place may have lain within the area thus indicated, so meeting the conditions of both passages, whether it was a permanent settlement, or derived its name only from the incident mentioned in Jdg 18:12.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Mahaneh-Dan
H4265
An encampment of the Danites.
Jdg 13:25; Jdg 18:12
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Mahaneh-dan
Ma’haneh-dan. (camp of Dan). Spoken of as “behind Kirjath-jearim,” Jdg 18:12, and as between Zorah and Eshtaol.” Jdg 13:25.