Tour · c. 1150 BC

The tribe of Dan moves north

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1. Zorah Judg 18:1–2

   All their inheritance not yet having fallen to them, the Danites send five men from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land.

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2. Dan Judg 18:7–10 · ≈ 175 km in a straight line

   They come to Laish, later Dan, and find a people quiet and secure, far from the Sidonians and having no business with any man.

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3. Mahaneh-dan Judg 18:11–12 · ≈ 175 km in a straight line

   Six hundred armed men set out and camp at Kiriath-jearim in Judah; the place behind it is called Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan.

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4. Dan Judg 18:13–31 · ≈ 175 km in a straight line

   Taking Micah's graven image and his priest on the way, they smite Laish, burn it, build a city there and call it Dan, after their father.

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