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.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtChildren, responsibilities to parents

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.

Verse ConceptsNo King

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.

Verse ConceptsSpiesFive PeopleSpying

So 600 descendants of Dan from Zorah and Eshtaol set out for battle, armed with military weapons.

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

They went up and encamped at Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they called this place Camp of Dan to this day; it is west of Kiriath Jearim.

Verse ConceptsGiven Names To This Day

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.

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredStanding In The GatewaySix Hundred And Above

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.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

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?

Verse ConceptsWhat Is The Matter?

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.

Verse ConceptsBad AttitudeCurbing SpeechFierce Men

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.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals going home

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.

Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning CitiesMen Of Peace

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.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

Verse ConceptsCongregationShrinesAssembling IsraelUnified PeopleAll Peoplecrusades

Thematic Bible



And the son of Hadad will hear to king Asa, and he will send the chiefs of the forces which were to him against the cities of Israel, and he will strike Ijon and Dan, and the meadow of the House of Oppression, and all Cinneroth with all the land of Naphtali.

And he will set up the one in the house of God, and the one he gave in Dan.

And they will set up a word to cause a voice to pass in all Israel, from the well of the oath, and even to judgment, to come to do the passover to Jehovah God of Israel in Jerusalem: for they did not for much time as written.

And the bound of the sons of Dan went out from them: and the sons of Dan will go up and fight with Leshem, and they will take it and smite it with the mouth of the sword, and will possess it and dwell in it; and they will call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.


Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan.

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

These the sons of Dan, according to their families: to Shuham, the families of the Shuhamites These the families of Dan according to their families.


They being reviewed for the tribe of Dan, two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities and their enclosures

And the sons of Dan will raise up to them the carved thing: and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danites even to the day of the captivity of the land.


They being reviewed for the tribe of Dan, two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities and their enclosures

And the sons of Dan will raise up to them the carved thing: and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danites even to the day of the captivity of the land.


And Abram shall hear that his brother was carried away captive, and he will draw forth his trained, born in his house, eighteen and three hundred, and will pursue, even to Dan.

And all the sons of Israel will go forth, and the assembly will be gathered together as one man, from Dan even to the Well of the Oath, and the land of Gilead to Jehovah to Mizpeh.

And Moses will go up from the desert of Moab to mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is upon the face of Jericho: and Jehovah will cause him to see all the land of Gilead, even to Dan.

From Dan was heard the snorting of his horses; from the voice of the neighings of his strong ones all the land trembled: and they will come and cut up the land, and its fulness; the city and those dwelling in it


They swearing by the trespass of Shomeron, and they said, Thy God lives, O Dan, and the way of the well of the oath lives, and they fell, and they shall rise no more.

And the king will consult and make two calves of gold, and he will say to them, Much for you going up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt And he will set up the one in the house of God, and the one he gave in Dan.


And the bound of the sons of Dan went out from them: and the sons of Dan will go up and fight with Leshem, and they will take it and smite it with the mouth of the sword, and will possess it and dwell in it; and they will call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.

And they took what Micah made, and the priest which was to him, and they will go to Laish, upon a people quiet and confiding: and they will strike them with the mouth of the sword, and they will burn the city with fire. And there was none delivering, for it was far off from Sidon, and the word was not to them with man; and it is in the valley which is to the house of the street And they will build the city and dwell in it And they will call the name of the city, Dan, in the name of Dan their father, who will be born to Israel. And yet Laish the name of the city at first.


And the sons of Dan: Hushim.

These the sons of Dan, according to their families: to Shuham, the families of the Shuhamites These the families of Dan according to their families. All the families of the Shuhamites according to their reviewing, four and sixty thousand and four hundred.


And the son of Hadad will hear to king Asa, and he will send the chiefs of the forces which were to him against the cities of Israel, and he will strike Ijon and Dan, and the meadow of the House of Oppression, and all Cinneroth with all the land of Naphtali.

And the son of Hadad will hear to king Asa, and he will send chiefs of the armies which were with him against the cities of Israel; and they will strike Ijon and Dan and Abel-Maim, and all the stores of the cities of Naphtali.


In Gilead beyond Jordan he dwelt; And Dan, wherefore will he sojourn in ships? Asher will dwell by the shore of the seas, And upon his harbors will he dwell.

And Dan and Javan going away gave in thy markets: making iron, cassia and sweet cane was in thy traffic.


The flag of the camp of Dan, northward, according to their armies: and the chief for the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai.

All they being reviewed for the camp of Dan, a hundred thousand and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred: and they shall remove last according to their flags.

And the flag of the camp of the sons of Dan removed, bringing up the rear to all the camps according to their army: and over his army, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai.


They being reviewed for the tribe of Dan, two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

These the sons of Dan, according to their families: to Shuham, the families of the Shuhamites These the families of Dan according to their families. All the families of the Shuhamites according to their reviewing, four and sixty thousand and four hundred.


The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;

And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan.


To the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families came forth the seventh lot And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun, And Shaalabbin and Ajalon and Jethlah, read more.
And Ailon and Timnath and Ekron, Eltekah and Gibbethon and Baalath, And Jehud and the Sons of Lightning, and the Press of the Pomegranate, The Water of Paleness, and Rakkon, with the bound in front of Joppa. And the bound of the sons of Dan went out from them: and the sons of Dan will go up and fight with Leshem, and they will take it and smite it with the mouth of the sword, and will possess it and dwell in it; and they will call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.


Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent upon. the way, creeping upon the path, biting the heels of the horse and his beast for riding shall fall behind.


And the Amorites will press the sons of Dan to the mountain: for they gave not to come down to the valley: And the Amorite willed to dwell in mount Heres and in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: and the hand of the house of Joseph will be heavy, and they will be for tribute


And the bound of the sons of Dan went out from them: and the sons of Dan will go up and fight with Leshem, and they will take it and smite it with the mouth of the sword, and will possess it and dwell in it; and they will call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.


And to Dan he said, Dan a lion's whelp: he shall spring forth from Bashan.


And these the names of the tribes: From the extremity north to the hand of the way of Hethlon to go to Hamath, the enclosure of the fountain, the bound of Damascus northward to the hand of Hamath, and they were to him the east side, the sea, Dan, one


In Gilead beyond Jordan he dwelt; And Dan, wherefore will he sojourn in ships? Asher will dwell by the shore of the seas, And upon his harbors will he dwell.



Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent upon. the way, creeping upon the path, biting the heels of the horse and his beast for riding shall fall behind. I waited for thy deliverance, Jehovah.