Judges 18:16

16 And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door 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 And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do.

15 And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, into the house of Michaias, and asked him how he was.

16 And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate.

17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Michaias, and the priest stood.

18 And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphin, and the molten image; and the priest said to them, What are ye doing?

Footnotes

• [a]. standing.