Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When the people of Dan lost their land, they went to Laish and attacked it. They captured it, killed its people, and claimed it for themselves. They settled there and changed the name of the city from Laish to Dan, naming it after their ancestor Dan. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father. the coast Judges 1:34,35 And the Amorrhite straitened the children of Dan in the mountain, and gave them not a place to go down to the plain: . . . Judges 18:1-29 In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes. . . . called Leshem Judges 18:7,27,29 So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men. . . . Laish Context Dan's Inheritance…46And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe, 47And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father.48This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.… Cross References Joshua 19:46 And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe, Joshua 19:48 This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes. Judges 18:7 So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men. Judges 18:27 And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city they burnt with fire, Judges 18:29 Calling the name of the city Dan, after the name of their father, who was the son of Israel, which before was called Lais. Jump to Previous Border Captured Children Coast Dan Dwelt Edge Possessed Smote Strait Struck Sword Territory ThereinJump to Next Border Captured Children Coast Dan Dwelt Edge Possessed Smote Strait Struck Sword Territory ThereinLinks Joshua 19:47 NIVJoshua 19:47 NLT Joshua 19:47 ESV Joshua 19:47 NASB Joshua 19:47 Bible Apps Joshua 19:47 Biblia Paralela Joshua 19:47 Chinese Bible Joshua 19:47 French Bible Joshua 19:47 German Bible Alphabetical: But after and attacked beyond called captured Dan Danites difficulty edge father for forefather fought had in it Leshem name named occupied of possessed possession proceeded put settled so sons struck sword taking territory the their them Then they to took up went with OT History: Joshua 19:47 The border of the children of Dan (Josh. Jos) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |