woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan, near the sources of the Jordan (2Sa 24:6). The LXX. and the Vulgate read "Dan-ja'ar", i.e., "Dan in the forest."

2Sa 24:6. Visited by Joab in taking the census for David; lying on the route between Gilead and Zidon. Septuagint and Vulgate read "Dan in the wood" (Dan-jaar), corresponding to the country about Tel-el-Kady. Baal-jaan, a Phoenician god's name, is found upon coins. The Dan forming the northern bound of Israel at the sources of the Jordan is probably meant.

Joab and his officers in taking the census came 'to Dan-jaan and round about to Zidon' (2Sa 24:6). No such place is mentioned anywhere else in OT, and it is generally assumed that the text is corrupt. It has indeed been proposed to locate Dan-jaan at a ruin N. of Achzib which is said to bear the name Khan D