Thematic Bible: The tribe of Dan


Thematic Bible



And the border of the sons of Dan goeth out from them, and the sons of Dan go up and fight with Leshem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and possess it, and dwell in it, and call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father. Verse ConceptsSwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire, and there is no deliverer, for it is far off from Zidon, and they have no word with any man, and it is in the valley which is by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it, and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish is the name of the city at the first.

And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, 'What -- ye?' And they say, 'Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go -- to enter to possess the land. When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land is large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which is in the land.' read more.
And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war. And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, 'Camp of Dan,' till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim. And they pass over thence to the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up -- they have come in thither -- they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image -- and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war -- yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, 'What are ye doing?' and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?' read more.
And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people, and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire, Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning CitiesMen Of Peace

And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name is Manoah, his wife is barren, and hath not borne; Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtChildren, responsibilities to parents

And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him, and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

All those numbered of the camp of Dan are a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, by their standards. Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreLast Ones

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlagsLast Ones

Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan -- why doth he sojourn in ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle. Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesPerfumePlantsCommerceSteel

these are heads of the tribes of Israel.

And of the Danite, arranging battle, are twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel; Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.

And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of the people of the land. And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.

Of the sons of Dan -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; -- his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; read more.
one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

For the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, hath the seventh lot gone out; and the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh, and Shalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah, read more.
and Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, and Jehud, and Bene-Barak, and Gath-Rimmon, and Me-Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over-against Japho.

For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.

and of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince Bukki son of Jogli;

In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for that hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance. And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, 'Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

all the families of the Shuhamite, by their numbered ones, are four and sixty thousand and four hundred. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

These are sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham is the family of the Shuhamite; these are families of Dan by their families;

For Dan -- Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlags

and Rachel saith, 'God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan. Verse ConceptsGod VindicatesGod Paid Attention To MePeople With Apt Namesvindication

And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley;

Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan -- why doth he sojourn in ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle. Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh