Judges 18:16

16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, who [were] of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

Judges 18:16 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 18:16

And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,
&c.] Who were armed men, and marched with their armour about them:

which were of the children of Dan;
for no other were concerned in this expedition: stood by the entering of the gate; not of Micah's house, but of the city in which his house was; here they stood while the five men went up to the house.

Judges 18:16 In-Context

14 Then answered the five men that went to explore the country of Laish, and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] to the house of Micah, and saluted him.

16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, who [were] of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

17 And the five men that went to explore the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.

18 And these went into Micah's house, and brought the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest to them, What do ye?