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Joshua 19:47 KJV
Joshua · chapter 19 · verse 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.Joshua 19:47 · King James Version
Joshua 19:47 in context
45And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
46And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47And 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.
48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49When 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- possessedyârashto occupyH3423 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- LeshemLeshemLeshem, a place in PalestineH3959 →
- coastgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- fightlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
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Dan, though commander of one of the four squadrons of the camp of Israel, in the wilderness, that which brought up the rear, yet was last provided for in Canaan, and his lot fell in the southern part of Canaan, between Judah on the east and the land of the Philistines on the west, Ephraim on the north and Simeon on…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-48