Joshua 19:40-48

The Voice

⁴⁰ The seventh lot fell to the tribe of the Danites, clan by clan; ⁴¹ and the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, ⁴⁶ and Me-jarkon and Rakkon on the border opposite Joppa. ⁴⁷ The people of Dan had a difficult time subduing their allotted territory so they went up and attacked Leshem, and when they had captured it and killed its inhabitants, they settled there, renaming Leshem “Dan,” after their ancestor. ⁴⁸ This, then, was the land granted to the tribe of the Danites, clan by clan: these cities with their surrounding villages.