Judges 18:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however, the name of the city was Laish at first.

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  • Gen 14:14 : 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his trained men, 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 struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt there, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
  • 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29-30 : 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation gathered together as one, from Dan 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 to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
  • Gen 30:6 : 6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore, she named him Dan.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

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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 struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt there, 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 to him, Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry men fall upon you and you lose your life, with the lives of your 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 to his house.

    27And they took what Micah had made, and the priest he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.

    28And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with anyone; and it was in the valley that lies by Bethrehob. And they built a city and lived there.

  • Judg 18:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

    2And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their territory, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. When they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

    3When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

  • Judg 18:30
    75%

    30And the children of Dan set up the carved 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, the cattle, and the goods before them.

    22When they were a good distance from Micah's house, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.

    23And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you, that you come with such a company?

  • Judg 18:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10When you go, you shall come to a secure people and to a large land, for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.

    11And from there went of the family of the Danites from Zorah and from Eshtaol six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

    12And they went up and encamped in Kirjathjearim in Judah; therefore they called that place Mahanehdan to this day; behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

  • Num 1:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38From the children of Dan, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;

    39Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

  • Gen 30:6
    72%

    6Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore, she named him Dan.

  • Deut 33:22
    72%

    22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's cub: he shall leap from Bashan.

  • Josh 19:40-41
    2 verses
    71%

    40And 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 one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

    30And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.

  • Ezek 48:1
    71%

    1Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end along the way of Hethlon, as one goes to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the border of Hamath; for these are its 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 allow them to come down to the valley.

  • 2 Sam 24:6
    70%

    6Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,

  • Gen 49:16
    69%

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

  • Num 1:12
    69%

    12From Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Judg 18:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

    16And the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance 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. The captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Amos 8:14
    68%

    14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, The way of Beersheba lives; even they shall fall, and never rise again.

  • Josh 21:23
    68%

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

  • Judg 18:7
    68%

    7Then the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people that were there, how they dwelt securely like the Zidonians, quiet and secure, and there was no magistrate in the land to put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with anyone.

  • 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 first.

  • Judg 5:17
    67%

    17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued at the sea shore, and remained in his inlets.

  • Num 2:31
    67%

    31All that were numbered in the camp of Dan were one hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go last 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.