Dan in the Bible
Meaning: judgment; he that judges
Exact Match
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
There was a certain man from Zorah,
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Back in those days, Israel didn't have a king yet, and during that time the tribe of Dan had been seeking a territorial inheritance to live in, because up until that time no territory had been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel.
And 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.
And six hundred men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set forth from Zorah and Esh'ta-ol,
And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
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.
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
But the descendants of Dan took what Micah had made, along with the priest who had worked for him, and went to Laish, to a quiet and carefree people, and killed them with swords. Then they set fire to the city.
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Thematic Bible
Dan » Town of
Dan » Son of jacob
As one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan » Dan » Tribe of
Dan » Tribe of
Dan » A city » A city of the tribe of dan » Also called laish, and leshem
At the sound of the neighing of his
The whole land quakes;
For they come and
The city and its inhabitants.
Dan » A city » A city of the tribe of dan » Idolatry established at
Who say, ‘As your god lives, O
And, ‘As the way of
They will fall and
Dan » Tribe of » Conquests by
Dan » Fifth son of jacob and bilhah » Descendants of
Dan » A city » A city of the tribe of dan » Capture by ben-hadad
Dan » Tribe of » Commerce of
And why did Dan stay in ships?
Asher sat at the seashore,
And
Dan » Tribe of » Position of, in journey and camp, during the exodus
Dan » Tribe of » Census of
Dan » Fifth son of jacob and bilhah
Dan » Tribe of » Inheritance of, according to the allotment of joshua
and Elon and Timnah and Ekron, and Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath, and Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon, and Me-jarkon and Rakkon, with the territory over against Joppa. The territory of the sons of Dan proceeded beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.
Dan » Fifth son of jacob and bilhah » Blessed of jacob
Dan » Tribe of » Fail to conquer the amorites
Dan » A city » A city of the tribe of dan » Captured by the people of dan
Dan » Tribe of » Blessed by moses
“Dan is
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
Dan » Tribe of » Of ezekiel
Dan » Tribe of » Deborah rebukes, for their cowardice
And why did Dan stay in ships?
Asher sat at the seashore,
And