Dan

Town or city mentioned in 25 verses of the Bible, most often in Judges.

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Where it appears

Judges (5), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (2), Jeremiah (2), Genesis (1), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1)

Key verses

• Genesis 14:14 first mention — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
• Judges 18:7 — 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 the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
• Judges 20:1 — 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.
• 2 Samuel 17:11 — 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.
• 2 Samuel 24:2 — 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.
• 2 Samuel 24:15 — 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.
• 1 Kings 4:25 — 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.
• 1 Kings 12:29 — And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
• 2 Kings 10:29 — 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 Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
• 2 Chronicles 30:5 — 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.
• Jeremiah 8:16 — 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.
• Amos 8:14 — They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

Nearby places

• Caesarea Philippi 4 km
• Maachah 7 km
• Abel 7 km
• Ijon 12 km
• Kedesh 19 km
• Beth-anath 21 km
• Kartah 23 km
• Hermon 25 km

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