And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
Parallel translations
- WEB They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
- BSB When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
- NKJV Then the spies came back to their brethren at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?”
- NASB When they came back to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you say?”
- NLT When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find?”
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Quick answer
The spies return to their tribe at Zorah and Eshtaol with a report. Their brothers eagerly ask what they found.
Overview
The Danites had failed to fully possess their southern allotment and were searching for new territory. The returning scouts are pressed for their assessment, setting up the decision to migrate north. The episode shows a tribe drifting from God's provision and taking matters into its own hands rather than seeking the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Judg 18:11And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
- Judg 18:2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
- Judg 16:31Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
- Judg 13:2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
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