Judges 18:29 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 18:29

They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Called the name of the city Dan - This city was afterwards very remarkable as one of the extremities of the promised land. The extent of the Jewish territories was generally expressed by the phrase, From Dan to Beer-Sheba; that is, From the most northern to the southern extremity.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ	vai.yik.re.'U	and they called	H7121 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הָעִיר֙	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
דָּ֔ן	Dan	Dan	H1835 →
בְּשֵׁם֙	be.Shem	by [the] name of	H8034 →
דָּ֣ן	dan	Dan	H1835 →
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם	'a.vi.Hem	ancestor their	H1 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יוּלַּ֖ד	yu.Lad	he was born	H3205 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	le.Yis.ra.'El	to Israel	H3478 →
וְאוּלָ֛ם	ve.'u.Lam	and but	H199 →
לַ֥יִשׁ	La.yish	[was] Laish	H3919 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הָעִ֖יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃	la.ri.sho.Nah	to the former [time]	H7223 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
  In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Joshua 11:2
  to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
Through
Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
leads to
- Judges 11:11
  So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
- 2 Samuel 3:10
  to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- Joshua 22:12
  And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
- 1 Samuel 10:17
  After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
Through
Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
leads to
- Genesis 15:3
  Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
- Genesis 17:12
  Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.