Northern limit of Israel · Today: Tel Dan, Israel
Dan in the Bible
Dan marks the north in the phrase 'from Dan to Beersheba'. Jeroboam sets up his second golden calf here, at a sanctuary beside one of the Jordan's sources.
Archaeology
The Tel Dan stele, found in 1993, refers to the 'house of David' — the earliest known reference to David's dynasty outside the Bible.
Verses mentioning Dan
73 occurrences across 64 verses in the King James Version.
- Genesis 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. armed: or, led forth trained: or, instructed
Read in context - Genesis 30:6
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. Dan: that is, Judging
Read in context - Genesis 35:25
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Read in context - Genesis 46:23
And the sons of Dan; Hushim. Hushim: or, Shuham
Read in context - Genesis 49:16
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Read in context - Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake
Read in context - Exodus 1:4
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Read in context - Exodus 31:6
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
Read in context - Exodus 35:34
And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Read in context - Exodus 38:23
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Read in context - Leviticus 24:11
And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
Read in context - Numbers 1:12
Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Read in context - Numbers 1:38
Of 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;
Read in context - Numbers 1:39
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Read in context - Numbers 2:25
The 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.
Read in context - Numbers 2:31
All 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.
Read in context - Numbers 7:66
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
Read in context - Numbers 10:25
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Read in context - Numbers 13:12
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Read in context - Numbers 26:42
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
Read in context - Numbers 34:22
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
Read in context - Deuteronomy 27:13
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. to curse: Heb. for a cursing
Read in context - Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
Read in context - Deuteronomy 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, Pisgah: or, the hill
Read in context - Joshua 19:40
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
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