Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

General references

Bible References

The coast

Judges 1:34
Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day an inheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel.

General references

Deuteronomy 33:22
Of Dan he said,
“Dan is a lion’s whelp,
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
Judges 1:34
Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;