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.

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47 The border of the descendants[a] of Dan continued beyond them,[b] because the descendants[c] of Dan went up and fought with Lesham, and they captured and struck it with the edge of the sword,[d] and they took possession of it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:47 Or “sons”
  2. Joshua 19:47 Literally “from them”
  3. Joshua 19:47 Or “sons”
  4. Joshua 19:47 Literally “the mouth of the sword”
  5. Joshua 19:47 Or “father”