Judges 18:29

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:14 : 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan.
  • Josh 19:47 : 47 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.
  • 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29-30 : 29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan.
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 ¶ 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.
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
  • Gen 30:6 : 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 19:47-48
    2 verses
    83%

    47And 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.

    48This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

  • Judg 18:25-28
    4 verses
    78%

    25And 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.

    26And 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.

    27¶ And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

    28And [there was] no deliverer, because it [was] far from Zidon, and they had no business with [any] man; and it was in the valley that [lieth] by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

  • Judg 18:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1¶ In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

    2And 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.

    3When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?

  • Judg 18:30
    75%

    30And 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.

  • Judg 18:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

    22[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.

    23And 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?

  • Judg 18:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where [there is] no want of any thing that [is] in the earth.

    11And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

    12And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, [it is] behind Kirjathjearim.

  • Num 1:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

    39Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Dan, [were] threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

  • Gen 30:6
    72%

    6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

  • Deut 33:22
    72%

    22¶ And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

  • Josh 19:40-41
    2 verses
    71%

    40¶ [And] the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

    41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

  • 1 Kgs 12:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

    30And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan.

  • Ezek 48:1
    71%

    1¶ Now these [are] the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and] west; a [portion for] Dan.

  • Judg 1:34
    70%

    34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

  • 2 Sam 24:6
    70%

    6Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

  • Gen 49:16
    69%

    16Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

  • Num 1:12
    69%

    12Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Judg 18:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

    16And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which [were] of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

  • Num 26:42
    69%

    42These [are] the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These [are] the families of Dan after their families.

  • Num 2:25
    69%

    25The standard of the camp of Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Amos 8:14
    68%

    14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

  • Josh 21:23
    68%

    23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

  • Judg 18:7
    68%

    7¶ Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that [were] therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and [there was] no magistrate in the land, that might put [them] to shame in [any] thing; and they [were] far from the Zidonians, and had no business with [any] man.

  • 1 Chr 27:22
    67%

    22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These [were] the princes of the tribes of Israel.

  • Gen 28:19
    67%

    19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

  • Judg 5:17
    67%

    17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

  • Num 2:31
    67%

    31All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

  • Gen 46:23
    67%

    23And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

  • 1 Chr 2:2
    66%

    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.