(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.) Cross References Joshua 19:46 Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa. Joshua 19:48 This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages. Judges 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. Judges 18:7 So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone. Judges 18:27 After they had taken Micah's idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city. Judges 18:29 They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel--though the city was formerly named Laish. Treasury of Scripture 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 dwelled therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. the coast Judges 1:34,35 Judges 18:1-29 called Leshem Judges 18:7,27,29 Laish |