When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
- BSB After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
- NKJV When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
- NASB When they had distanced themselves from Micah’s house, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house assembled by command and overtook the sons of Dan.
- NLT When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from Micah’s house, the people who lived near Micah came chasing after them.
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