Judges 18:11

11 Six hundred men of the Danite clan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol,

Judges 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 18:11

And there went from thence of the family of the Danites
Or families, the singular being put for the plural; for it can hardly be thought that such a number of men, as after mentioned, went out of one family:

out of Zorah, and out of Eshtaol;
the two places the spies were sent from, and now had returned unto: and upon their report, and at their instigation, and by the encouragement they gave, there were

six hundred men appointed with weapons of war;
that set out armed from the above places, on the expedition to take Laish.

Judges 18:11 In-Context

9 They said, "Come, let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, but enter in and possess the land.

10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is broad—God has indeed given it into your hands—a place where there is no lack of anything on earth."

11 Six hundred men of the Danite clan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol,

12 and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called Mahaneh-dan to this day; it is west of Kiriath-jearim.

13 From there they passed on to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.