the fifth son of Jacob, Gen. xxx, 1–6. Dan had but one son, whose
name was Hushim, Gen. xlvi, 23; yet he had a numerous posterity; for, on
leaving Egypt, this tribe consisted of sixty-two thousand seven hundred
men able to bear arms, Num. i, 38. Of Jacob’s blessing Dan, see Gen.
xlix, 16, 17. They took Laish, Judges xviii, 1; Joshua xix, 47. They
called the city Dan, after their progenitor. The city of Dan was
situated at the northern extremity of the land of Israel: hence the
phrase, “from Dan to Beersheba,” denoting the whole length of the land
of promise. Here Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, set up one of his golden
calves, 1 Kings xii, 29; and the other at Bethel.
name was Hushim, Gen. xlvi, 23; yet he had a numerous posterity; for, on
leaving Egypt, this tribe consisted of sixty-two thousand seven hundred
men able to bear arms, Num. i, 38. Of Jacob’s blessing Dan, see Gen.
xlix, 16, 17. They took Laish, Judges xviii, 1; Joshua xix, 47. They
called the city Dan, after their progenitor. The city of Dan was
situated at the northern extremity of the land of Israel: hence the
phrase, “from Dan to Beersheba,” denoting the whole length of the land
of promise. Here Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, set up one of his golden
calves, 1 Kings xii, 29; and the other at Bethel.