Dan
דָּן · dan · H1835Gדָּנִי · da.ni · H18392 other spellings“judgment; he that judges” Hitchcock's 186964 mentions in 16 books, most in Judges (17)
Where it is
33.25° N, 35.65° E
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About this place
Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob's fifth son, Dan (Genesis 30:6). The tribe was allotted territory in the northern part of Canaan (Joshua 19:40-48). The city of Dan, originally known as Laish or Leshem, was conquered by the Danites (Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:29). It became the northernmost city of Israel, often used in the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" to describe the entire land (Judges 20:1; 1Sa.3.20). Jeroboam set up one of his golden calves in Dan (1Ki.12.29-30), leading to idolatry. The city was also known for its skilled craftsmen (2Ch.2.14). Dan was one of the first places to fall to foreign invaders due to its northern location (Jeremiah 4:15; 8:16).
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Every mention
64 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Exodus4 mentions
Exodus 1:4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.Exodus 31:6Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I…Exodus 35:34He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.Exodus 38:23With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
Numbers10 mentions
Numbers 1:12Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.Numbers 1:38Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out…Numbers 1:39those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.Numbers 2:25“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.Numbers 2:31“All who were counted of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards.”Numbers 7:66On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan,Numbers 10:25The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.Numbers 13:12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.Numbers 26:42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.Numbers 34:22Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.
Deuteronomy3 mentions
Deuteronomy 27:13These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.Deuteronomy 33:22About Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps out of Bashan.”Deuteronomy 34:1Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan,
Joshua5 mentions
Joshua 19:40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.Joshua 19:47The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it…Joshua 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.Joshua 21:5The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.Joshua 21:23Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Judges17 mentions
Judges 1:34The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;Judges 5:17Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.Judges 13:2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.Judges 18:1In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the…Judges 18:2The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore…Judges 18:7Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land…Judges 18:11The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.Judges 18:14Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a carved image, and a…Judges 18:16The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.Judges 18:22When 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.Judges 18:23As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”Judges 18:25The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”Judges 18:26The children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.Judges 18:27They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the…Judges 18:29They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.Judges 18:30The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the…Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
1 Samuel1 mention
2 Samuel5 mentions
2 Samuel 3:10to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”2 Samuel 17:11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.2 Samuel 24:2The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know…2 Samuel 24:6then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,2 Samuel 24:15So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba.
1 Kings4 mentions
1 Kings 4:25Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.1 Kings 12:29He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.1 Kings 12:30This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.1 Kings 15:20Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of…
1 Chronicles3 mentions
1 Chronicles 12:35Of the Danites who could set the battle in array: twenty-eight thousand six hundred.1 Chronicles 21:2David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”1 Chronicles 27:22of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
2 Chronicles3 mentions
2 Chronicles 2:14the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in…2 Chronicles 16:4Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.2 Chronicles 30:5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem…
Jeremiah2 mentions
Ezekiel3 mentions
Ezekiel 48:1“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they…Ezekiel 48:2“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.Ezekiel 48:32“At the east side four thousand five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
What the dictionary says
A judge.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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