Deuteronomy 33:22

Of Dan he said,

“Dan is a lion’s cub,
That leaps forth from Bashan.”

Joshua 19:47

The territory of the sons of Dan went beyond these; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession of it and settled there [between the tribes of Naphtali and Manasseh]; they renamed Leshem, Dan, after the name of their father (ancestor) Dan.

Judges 18:27

They took the [idolatrous] things that Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

Genesis 49:16-17


“Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children.

Judges 13:24-25

So the woman [in due time] gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the boy grew and the Lord blessed him.

Judges 14:6

The Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he tore the lion apart as one tears apart a young goat, and he had nothing at all in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 14:19

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their gear, and gave changes of clothes to those who had explained the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.

Judges 15:8

Then he struck them without mercy, a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Judges 15:15

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out his hand and took it and killed a thousand men with it.

Judges 16:30

And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he stretched out with all his might [collapsing the support pillars], and the house fell on the lords and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

1 Chronicles 12:35

Of the tribe of Dan, 28,600 men who could draw up in battle formation.

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Summary

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Bible References

General references

Genesis 49:16

“Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
Joshua 19:47
The territory of the sons of Dan went beyond these; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession of it and settled there [between the tribes of Naphtali and Manasseh]; they renamed Leshem, Dan, after the name of their father (ancestor) Dan.
Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children.
Judges 14:6
The Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he tore the lion apart as one tears apart a young goat, and he had nothing at all in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
Judges 15:8
Then he struck them without mercy, a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Judges 16:30
And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he stretched out with all his might [collapsing the support pillars], and the house fell on the lords and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.
Judges 18:27
They took the [idolatrous] things that Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
1 Chronicles 12:35
Of the tribe of Dan, 28,600 men who could draw up in battle formation.