The Allotment Of Dan

[40] And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. [41] And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, [42] And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, [43] And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, [44] And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, [45] And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, [46] And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. [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. [48] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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

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.

When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

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

And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.

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.