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Judges 18:29

They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.

  • KJV King James Version

    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 Laish at the first.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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 Laish at the first.

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Cross-references (8)

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  • Joshua 19:47 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 struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather.
  • Genesis 14:14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan.
  • 1 Kings 15:20 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
  • Genesis 30:6 Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.
  • Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
  • 1 Kings 12:29-30 He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. This thing became a sin; for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
  • Genesis 32:28 He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
  • 2 Samuel 17:11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 18:29 And they called the name of the…

Jdg 18:29 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] Laish at the first.

Ver. 29. The name of the city was Laish at the first.] Laish, or Leshem. {Jos 19:47} Afterwards it was called Cesarea Paneadis, and Cesarea Philippi, because rebuilt and beautified by Philip, brother to Herod the Tetrarch, in honour of Augustus Caesar.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain After the name of Dan their father; that it…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they called the name of the city Dan,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Of Daniel - That it might be manifest, that…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. Called the name of the city Dan]…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Lais. Hebrew Ulam Layish, as the Septuagint express it.…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Called the name of the city Dan —…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. howbeit … at the first] The same formula…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) They called the name of the city Dan.—Just…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Howbeit Laish was the name, etc. The strange form…

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