Dan
Region in the Bible
Located in: United Kingdom of Israel
Location: 31.77° N, 34.99° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)
Places here: Dan, Ekron, Beth-shemesh, Joppa, Aijalon, Zorah, Eshtaol, Gibbethon, Gath-rimmon, Shaalbim, Bene-berak, Elon
Mentioned in 9 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.
Where Dan is mentioned
Judges 1:34
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
Read in contextJudges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Read in contextJoshua 19:40–46
40 The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,
46 Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
Read in contextJoshua 19:46
Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
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