Joshua 19:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“(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.)”
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“(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.)”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the border of the sons of Dan goeth out from them, and the sons of Dan go up and fight with Leshem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and possess it, and dwell in it, and call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 19:47 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 33:22Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
- Judges 1:34The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
- Judges 18:1In 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 18:29They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- 2 Samuel 24:6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
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