Dan

Dan Birth Order

5

Meaning of Name

Strong’s 1835 Dân, dawn; from 1777; judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Pal. colonized by them:—Dan.

Mother

Bilhah (timid)

Birth

Genesis 30:1–6: 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die.” 2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, “Am I in God’s stead, Who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?” 3 And she said, “Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.” 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 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.

Hebrew Letter (from Paleo Hebrew page on the Internet)

The Hebrew letter associated with the tribe of Dan is He (%) (hay): It is the English “H.” It signifies a window. Numerically, it is the number 5, which is Divine grace, goodness.

Gemstone

Sapphire. E. Raymond Capt says this was probably lapis lazuli, a blue stone (rock) composed of several minerals. Its color is usually variegated, a blend of primarily of blue, with grey, white, and gold interspersed. It is softer than many gemstones but its unusual hues of blue have made it a popular material.

Encampment Position

On the north, between Asher and Naphtali. His standard reflects one (the eagle) of the four faces of the cherubim (see Ezekiel 1:10).

Standard

Dan’s primary emblem is the serpent; secondary emblem is the horse.

Zodiac Sign

Scorpio (The Redeemer’s Conflict). The scorpion is seeking to wound, but itself is trodden under foot.

1

Dan Position in Zodiac Story

Third sign in the first book, The Redeemer. Constellations are Serpens (the serpent struggling with the man), Ophiuchus (the man grasping the serpent) and the struggle with the enemy, and Hercules (The mighty man. A man kneeling on one knee, humbled in the conflict, but holding aloft the tokens of victory, with his foot on the head of the dragon. The mighty Vanquisher seeming to sink in the conflict).

Jacob’s Blessing for the Last Days

Genesis 49:16–18: 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 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. 18 (I have waited for Thy salvation, O LORD ).

2

Dan’s Blessing Genesis 49:16–18: 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 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. 18 (I have waited for Thy salvation, O LORD ). From E. Raymond Capt’s Missing Links Discovered in the Assyrian Tablets: The first emblem to which Dan is likened is definitely stated to be a SERPENT. The second is implied, being mentioned in relationship to the first. It is a HORSE, or a HORSE AND RIDER. Later, in Deut. 33:22, Moses likened Dan to a LION. Evidently, this symbol was never used. The SERPENT, the official emblem of the tribe of Dan, is not generally found in the national Arms of Britain or other Celto-Saxon nations. However, it is found in the Arms of many old families: The Arms of Buxton and Barrow-in-Furness in England, the Crest of Livingston, Earl of Linithgow, and in those of the Chiefs of the Robertson and Morrison Clans in Scotland. In the Netherlands, it appears in at least twenty municipal Arms. Dan’s secondary emblem, a HORSE, usually pictured white, and sometimes with a rider, was a favorite emblem of the Saxons long before their invasion of Britain. In the Netherlands, a white HORSE appears on the shield or as a supporter in the Arms of Assendelft, Hoogkarspel, Westerbork, Zuidlaren, Baarn, Renkim, Workhoven and several others. In Denmark, a white HORSE appears on the shield in the Royal Arms and in the municipal Arms of Horsens, Holstebro, Augustenborg, while a red HORSE appears on those of Frederiksborg Slotssogn. In England, a white HORSE is the emblem of the County of Kent and it also appears in emblems of several German and Lithuanian principalities. In Scotland, it is part of the official emblem of Jedburgh and also appears in the Crests of Cochrane, Earl of Dunonald; Dunbar of Mochrum; Hepburn, Earl of Rothwell; Trotter of Catchiraw, and as supporters in the Arms of the Chief of Clan Cumming.

3

Emblems of Dan

4

Dan’s Zodiac Sign Scorpio Third sign in the first book, The Redeemer. The scorpion seeking to wound, but itself trodden under foot.

Scorpio The Redeemer’s Conflict Hebrew Name The Hebrew name is Akrab, which is the name of a scorpion, but also means the conflict, or war. This is referred to in Psalm 91:13: 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder. The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. David used a word related to Akrab in Psalm 144:1: Blessed be the LORD my strength, Which teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight. The Danites had some association with a place called Akrabbim: Judges 1:34–36: 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. Scorpio—44 Stars (one of the first magnitude, one of the second magnitude, eleven of the third magnitude, eight of the fourth magnitude) á

The brightest star, located in the heart. Its Arabic name is Antares, the wounding. Latins called it Cor Scorpii, because it marks the scorpion’s heart. It shines ominously with a deep red light. The sting is called in Hebrew Lesath (Chaldee Lesha), which means the perverse. The stars in the tail are also known as Leshaa, or Leshat.

5

Place in the Heavenly Story Scorpio is the third sign in the first book, The Redeemer. The sign depicts a giant scorpion ready to sting in the heel of a mighty man who is struggling with a serpent but is crushed by a man, who has his foot placed right on the scorpion’s heart. The scorpion is a deadly enemy with poison in its sting, and all the names associated with the sign combine to set forth the malignant enmity which is “set” between the serpent and the woman’s Seed. This enmity is shown over and over again in scripture.The real wounding of the heel was received at the Cross. Christ died and was raised from the dead “to destroy the works of the devil.” To demonstrate that the conflict only apparently ended in defeat, the first two constellations in the sign are presented in one picture. The picture is indeed threefold—it includes the sign itself. If the pictures had been separated, conflict would have been separated from victory, the deadly wound of the serpent’s head from the temporary wound in the Victor’s heel. The three pictures that involve the scorpion, serpent, and man present the triumphant issue of the conflict. Historically, Scorpio was everywhere an unfortunate, cursed, and warlike sign.

Serpens (the Serpent) and Ophiuchus (the Serpent Holder) (The struggle with the enemy) Here Serpens, the serpent, is seen struggling vainly in the powerful grasp of the man Ophiuchus. He is at one and the same moment shown to be seizing the serpent with his two hands, and treading on the very heart of the scorpion, marked by the deep red star Antares (wounding). The first constellation in Scorpio expounds on Libra. In Scorpio we see merely the effort to wound Ophiuchus in the heel; but here we see the effort of the serpent to seize the Crown, which is situated immediately over the serpent’s head, and to which he is looking up and reaching forth. The contest is for dominion. It was the devil who robbed the first man of his crown, but in vain he struggled to wrest it from the sure possession of the Second Man. Not only does he 6

fail in the attempt, but is himself utterly defeated and trodden under foot. Serpens and Ophiuchus—134 Stars (two of the second magnitude, fourteen are of the third magnitude, and thirteen of the fourth) á

the brightest star in Serpens, located in the neck of the serpent, Hebrew Unuk, encompassing; Hebrew Alyah, the accursed; Arabic Al Hay, the reptile

â

located in the jaw, Arabic Cheleb, or Chelbalrai, the serpent enfolding. The Greek name, Ophiuchus, is from the Hebrew and Arabic name Afeichus, which means the serpent held.

á

the brightest star in Ophiuchus, located in the head, Arabic Ras al Hagus, the head of him who holds. Hebrew Triophas, treading under foot located in the foot of Ophiuchus, Hebrew Saiph, bruised (In 1604 a new star appeared in the eastern foot of Ophiuchus, but it disappeared again in 1605). Hebrew Carnebas, the wounding Hebrew Megeros, contending

Hercules (The Mighty One—The Mighty Vanquisher) Here the mighty one, who occupies a large portion of the heavens, is seen bending on one knee, with his right heel lifted up as if it had been wounded, while his left foot is set directly over the head of the great dragon. In his right hand he wields a great club, and in his left hand he grasps a triple-headed monster (Cerberus). And he has the skin of a lion, which he has slain, thrown around him.

7

Hercules—113 Stars (seven of the third magnitude, seventeen of the fourth magnitude) á

brightest star, located in his head, Ras al Gethi, the head of him who bruises

â

located in the right armpit, Kornephorus, the branch, kneeling

ê

located in the right elbow, Marsic, the wounding

ë

located in the upper part of the left arm, Ma’asyn, the sin-offering

4

located in the lower part of the right arm, Caaim, or Guiam, punishing; Arabic treading under foot

The information in this section was taken from E. W. Bullinger’s The Witness of the Stars (Kregel Publications, reprint of 1893 ed.) and E. Raymond Capt’s The Glory of the Stars (Artisan Sales, 1982). See these works for more information on the zodiac.

8

Dan Encamped, Numbered, and At War Ahiezer the Head of the House of His Fathers Numbers 1:1–4;12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Numbering in the Wilderness of Sinai—62,700 Able to Go Forth to War Numbers 1:38–39: 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; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

Encampment on the North Numbers 2:25-26;31: 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.” 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 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.” 9

*The camp of Dan included all the tribes encamped on the north (Asher, Dan, and Naphtali).

Dan’s Order in the Wilderness Journeyings of Israel Numbers 10:12–28: 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 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. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

Danite Spy Sent to the Land of Canaan Numbers 13:1–3;12: 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 “Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.” 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

Numbering in the Plains of Moab—64,400 Numbers 26:3–4;42–43: 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 “Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old 10

and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.” 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. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.

Bukki Appointed Prince to Divide the Land of Inheritance Numbers 34:16–18;22: 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 “These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

Dan in the Battle Against Sisera (The Song of Deborah and Barak) Judges 5:17: 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: And why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, And abode in his breaches. *Simeon, Levi, Gad, and Judah are not mentioned in this battle.

Moses Sees the Promised Land Deuteronomy 34:1–4: 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, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him, “This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it unto thy seed:’ I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.”

Dan Fails Against the Amorites Judges 1:34–36: 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

11

Ben-hadad Comes Against Dan I Kings 15:20–22: 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-bethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. II Chronicles 16:4: 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

28,000 Danite Warriors Present at David’s Coronation I Chronicles 12:23; 35: 23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD . 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

12

Dan’s Inheritances Dan’s Inheritance in the Promised Land Joshua 19:40–48: 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 Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, 46 And Me-jarkon, 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.

Levite Cities Assigned to Kohathites in the Territory of Dan Joshua 21:4-5; 20–26: 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

Sealing of the End Times Dan is the only tribe from which 12,000 are not sealed in the end times. The usual reason given is because Dan was the first tribe to fall into idolatry.

13

Dan’s Inheritance at the End of the Millennium Ezekiel 48:1–2; 32: 1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

14

Danite Stories Aholiab Chosen to Help Build Tabernacle Exodus 31:1–10: 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 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; 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.” Exodus 38:21–24: 21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 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. 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Part Danite Blasphemes the Name of the Lord Leviticus 24:10–23: 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 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:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14 “Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 15

And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD , he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD , shall be put to death. 17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.’” 23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Ahiezer’s Offering for the Dedicating of the Altar on the Tenth Day Numbers 7:1–6; 11; 36–41: 1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD , six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5 “Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.” 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, “They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.” 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

These Shall Stand Upon Mount Ebal to Curse the People Deuteronomy 27:13: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Moses’ Blessing to Dan 16

Deuteronomy 33:22: 22 And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.”

Samson Judges 13:1–16:31: 1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD ; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, “Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came unto me, and His countenance was like the countenance of an Angel of God, very terrible: but I asked Him not whence he was, neither told He me His name: 7 But He said unto me, ‘Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’” 8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD , and said, “O my LORD , let the Man of God Which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.” 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, “Behold, the Man hath appeared unto me, That came unto me the other day.” 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, “Art Thou the Man That spakest unto the woman?” And He said, “I am.” 12 And Manoah said, “Now let Thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?” 13 And the Angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, “Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.” 15 And Manoah said unto the Angel of the LORD , “I pray Thee, let us detain Thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for Thee.” 16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, “Though thou detain Me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD .” For Manoah knew not that he was an Angel of the LORD . 17 And Manoah said unto the Angel of the LORD , “What is Thy name, that when Thy sayings come to pass we may do Thee honour?” 18 And the Angel of the LORD said unto him, “Why askest thou thus after My name, seeing it is secret?” 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD : and the Angel did wondrously; (and Manoah and his wife looked on). 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the Angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and 17

to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an Angel of the LORD . 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.” 23 But his wife said unto him, “If the LORD were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.” 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.” 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, “Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said unto his father, “Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.” 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD , that He sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. 5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. 8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 And Samson said unto them, “I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments.” And they said unto him, “Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.” 14 And he said unto them, “Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness.” And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, “Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?” 16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me.” And he said unto her, “Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?” 17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

18

“What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, “If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.” 19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house. 20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. 1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, “I will go in to my wife into the chamber.” But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, “I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.” 3 And Samson said concerning them, “Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.” 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. 6 Then the Philistines said, “Who hath done this?” And they answered, “Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion.” And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Samson said unto them, “Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.” 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah said, “Why are ye come up against us?” And they answered, “To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.” 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, “Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us?” And he said unto them, “As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.” 12 And they said unto him, “We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.” And Samson said unto them, “Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.” 13 And they spake unto him, saying, “No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.” And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, Heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass Have I slain a thousand men.” 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi. 18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD , and said, “Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?” 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name

19

thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. 1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, “Samson is come hither.” And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.” 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, “Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.” 7 And Samson said unto her, “If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.” 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, “The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, “Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.” 11 And he said unto her, “If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.” 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, “The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, “Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.” And he said unto her, “If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.” 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, “The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And she said unto him, “How canst thou say, ‘I love thee,’ when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.’ 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, “There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.” 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” And he awoke out of his sleep,

20

and said, “I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself.” And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, “Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.” 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, “Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.” 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, ‘Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.’ And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, “Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.” 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the LORD , and said, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

A Band of 600 Danites in Idolatry Judges 18:1–31: 1 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. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, “Go, search the land:” who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, “Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?” 4 And he said unto them, “Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.” 5 And they said unto him, “Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.” 6 And the priest said unto them, “Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.” 7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from 21

the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, “What say ye?” 9 And they said, “Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.” 11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, “Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?” now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, “What do ye?” 19 And they said unto him, “Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?” 20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. 22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, “What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?” 24 And he said, “Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, ‘What aileth thee?’” 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, “Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.” 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was

22

Laish at the first. 30 And the children of Dan set up the graven 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. 31 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. *Bullinger says this should be Moses and not Manasseh.

“From Dan to Beersheba” Judges 20:1: 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. I Samuel 3:20: 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD . II Samuel 3:10: 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. II Samuel 17:11: 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. II Samuel 24:2: 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.” II Samuel 24:15: 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. I Kings 4:25: 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. I Chronicles 21:1–2: 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.” II Chronicles 30:4–5: 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

23

Jeroboam Puts Golden Calves in Dan and Beth-el I Kings 12:29–33: 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. (So did he in Beth-el), sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

Jehu Continues Jeroboam’s Sin II Kings 10:29: 29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

Hiram King of Tyre Part Danite II Chronicles 2:11–15: 11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD hath loved His people, He hath made thee king over them.” 12 Huram said moreover, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, That made heaven and earth, Who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD , and an house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, 14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.” 17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

24

Prophecies Mentioning Dan Jeremiah 4:14–18: 14 “O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD . 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.” Jeremiah 8:13–17: 13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.’” 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD . 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. 17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you,” saith the LORD . Ezekiel 27:15–25: 15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. 19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. 20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. 25

Amos 8:11–14: 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD : 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD , and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘Thy god, O Dan, liveth;’ and, ‘The manner of Beersheba liveth;’ even they shall fall, and never rise up again.”

26

Dan’s Genealogies Dan Listed as One of Jacob’s Twelve Sons Genesis 35:22–26: 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

Danites Who Entered Egypt Genesis 46:23: 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. Exodus 1:1–5: 1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins ofJacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Chronicles Genealogies I Chronicles 2:1–2: 1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan*, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. *Interestingly, Dan does not have any further genealogy in Chronicles.

Azareel One of the Princes of the Tribes of Israel I Chronicles 27:16–22: 16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: 20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

27

Names and Places Associated With Dan Danites

Philistines (6430) rolling, i.e. migratory Timnite (8554) a portion assigned Uri (221) fiery Zidonians (6722) fishery

Ahiezer (295) brother of help Ahisamach (294) brother of support Aholiab (171) tent of (his) father Ammiel (5988) people of God Ammishaddai (5996) people of (the) Almighty Azareel (5832) God has helped Bukki (1231) wasteful Dan (1835) judge Dibri (1704) wordy Gemalli (1582) camel-driver Huram (2361) whiteness Jeroham (3395) compassionate Jogli (3020) exiled Manoah (4495) rest Samson (8123) sunlight Shelomith (8019) peacableness Shuham/Shuhamites (7748/7749) humbly

Places Abel-beth-maachah (62) meadow of Beth-Maakah (house of depression) Abel-maim (66) meadow of water Aijalon/Ajalon (357) deer-field Akrabbim (6137) a scorpion; fig. a scourge or knotted whip [Akrab is the Hebrew name of Dan’s zodiac sign, Scorpio] Asshur (804) straight, successful Baalath (1191) mistresship Bashan (1316) of uncert. der. Beer-sheba (884) well of an oath Bene-berak (1139) sons of lightning Beth-el (1008) house of God Beth-horon (1032) house of hollowness Beth-rehob (1050) house of (the) street Canaan (3667) humiliated Canneh (3656) of for. der. Chilmad (3638) of for. der. Cinneroth (3672) harp-shaped Damascus (1834) of for. or. Dan (1835) judge Dedan (1719) of uncert. der. Ebal (5858) bare Eden (5729) pleasure *Egypt (4714) a limit Ekron (6138) eradication Eltekeh (514) of uncert. der. Elon (356) oak-grove Enhakkore (5875) fountain of One calling Eshtaol (847) intreaty Etam (5862) hawk-ground Gath-rimmon (1667) winepress of (the) pomegranate Gaza (5804) strong Geba (1387) a hillock Gezer (1507) something cut off; a portion Gibbethon (1405) a hilly spot Gilead (1568) heap of testimony

Non-Danites Aaron (175) of uncert. deriv. Amorites (567) a mountaineer Asa (609) of uncert. der. Baasha (1201) offensiveness Ben-hadad (1130) son of Hadad (Hadad prob. of for. or.) Bezaleel (1212) in (the) shadow (i.e. protection) of God David (1732) loving Delilah (1807) languishing Gershom (1647) a refugee Hur (2354) the crevice of a serpent; the cell of a prison; white linen Ithamar (385) coast of the palm-tree Jehu (3058) Yahveh (is) He Jeroboam (3379) (the) people will contend Jonathan (3083) Yahveh-given Kohath/Kohathites (6955) allied Moses (4872) drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued Nebat (5028) regard

28

Hamath (2574) walled Haran (2039) mountaineer Hazar-enan (2704) village of springs Hebron (2275) seat of association Helbon (2463) fruitful Heres (2776) shining Hethlon (2855) enswathed Ijon (5859) ruin Ir-shemesh (5905) city of the sun Japho (3305) beautiful Javan (3120) effervescing (i.e. hot and active) *Jehud (3055) celebrated Jericho (3405) its month; or fragrant Jethlah (3494) it will hang, i.e. be high Jordan (3383) a descender Kibzaim (6911) a double heap Kirjath-jearim (7157) city of forests, or city of towns Laish (3919) a lion (from his destructive blows) Lehi (3896) the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence the jaw-bone Leshem (3959) a gem, perh. the jacinth Mahaneh-dan (4265) camp of Dan Mejarkon (4313) water of the yellowness Minnith (4511) enumeration Mizpah/Mizpeh (4709) an observatory, espec. for military purposes Moab (4124) from (her [the mother’s]) father Naphtali (5321) my wrestling Nebo (5015) prob. of. for. der. Pannag (6436) pastry Paran (6290) ornamental Pisgah (6449) a cleft Rakkon (7542) thinness Ramah (7414) a height (as a seat of idolatry) Ramath-lehi (7437) height of a jaw-bone Shaalabbin/Shaalbim (8169) fox-holes Sheba (7614) of for. or. Sinai (5514) of uncert. der. Sorek (7796) a vine Syria (758) the highland Tanach (8590) of uncert. der. Tarshish (8659) a gem, perh. the topaz Thimnathah/Timnath (8553) a portion assigned Tirzah (8656) delightsomeness Zoar (6820) little Zorah (6881) a wasp (as stinging)

29