Dan

Identified as

Tel Dan

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

33.249° N, 35.652° E

Laish (Place)· Dan (Place)· Danite· Leshem

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Dan

• דָּן·Dan
• דָּנִי·Dan
• לַ֫יִשׁ·Laishmeans “a lion”
• לֶ֫שֶׁם·Leshemmeans “a name; putting; a precious stone”

1. Genesis 14:14דָּן · Dan
   And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
2. Exodus 1:4דָּן · Dan
   Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
3. Exodus 31:6דָּן · Dan
   Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:
4. Exodus 35:34דָּן · Dan
   And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
5. Exodus 38:23דָּן · Dan
   With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
6. Leviticus 24:11דָּן · Dan
   The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
7. Numbers 1:12דָּן · Dan
   …from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
8. Numbers 1:38דָּן · Dan
   From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
9. Numbers 1:39דָּן · Dan
   …those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
10. Numbers 2:25דָּן · Dan
    On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,
11. Numbers 2:31דָּן · Dan
    The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
12. Numbers 7:66דָּן · Dan
    On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the Danites, drew near.
13. Numbers 10:25דָּן · Dan
    Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
14. Numbers 13:12דָּן · Dan
    …from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
15. Numbers 26:42דָּן · Dan
    These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: The Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan.
16. Numbers 34:22דָּן · Dan
    Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;
17. Deuteronomy 27:13דָּן · Dan
    And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
18. Deuteronomy 33:22דָּן · Dan
    Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
19. Deuteronomy 34:1דָּן · Dan
    Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
20. Joshua 19:40דָּן · Dan
    The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
21. Joshua 19:47דָּן · Dan; לֶ֫שֶׁם · Leshem
    (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
22. Joshua 19:48דָּן · Dan
    This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.
23. Joshua 21:5דָּן · Dan
    The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
24. Joshua 21:23דָּן · Dan
    From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,
25. Judges 1:34דָּן · Dan
    The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
26. Judges 5:17דָּן · Dan
    Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
27. Judges 13:2דָּנִי · Dan
    Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
28. Judges 18:1דָּנִי · Dan
    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
29. Judges 18:2דָּן · Dan
    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
30. Judges 18:7לַ֫יִשׁ · Laish
    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
31. Judges 18:11דָּנִי · Dan
    So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
32. Judges 18:14לַ֫יִשׁ · Laish
    Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
33. Judges 18:16דָּן · Dan
    The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
34. Judges 18:22דָּן · Dan
    After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
35. Judges 18:23דָּן · Dan
    When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
36. Judges 18:25דָּן · Dan
    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
37. Judges 18:26דָּן · Dan
    So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
38. Judges 18:27לַ֫יִשׁ · Laish
    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
39. Judges 18:29דָּן · Dan; לַ֫יִשׁ · Laish
    They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
40. Judges 18:30דָּן · Dan; דָּנִי · Dan
    The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
41. Judges 20:1דָּן · Dan
    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
42. 1 Samuel 3:20דָּן · Dan
    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
43. 2 Samuel 3:10דָּן · Dan
    …to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
44. 2 Samuel 17:11דָּן · Dan
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
45. 2 Samuel 24:2דָּן · Dan
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
46. 2 Samuel 24:6דָּן · Dan
    Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
47. 2 Samuel 24:15דָּן · Dan
    So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
48. 1 Kings 4:25דָּן · Dan
    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
49. 1 Kings 12:29דָּן · Dan
    One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
50. 1 Kings 12:30דָּן · Dan
    And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
51. 1 Kings 15:20דָּן · Dan
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
52. 2 Kings 10:29דָּן · Dan
    …but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
53. 1 Chronicles 12:35דָּנִי · Dan
    From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
54. 1 Chronicles 21:2דָּן · Dan
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
55. 1 Chronicles 27:22דָּן · Dan
    …and over Dan was Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
56. 2 Chronicles 2:14דָּן · Dan
    He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
57. 2 Chronicles 16:4דָּן · Dan
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
58. 2 Chronicles 30:5דָּן · Dan
    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
59. Jeremiah 4:15דָּן · Dan
    For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
60. Jeremiah 8:16דָּן · Dan
    The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
61. Ezekiel 48:1דָּן · Dan
    “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.
62. Ezekiel 48:2דָּן · Dan
    Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.
63. Ezekiel 48:32דָּן · Dan
    On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
64. Amos 8:14דָּן · Dan
    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”