They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. But the city’s name used to be Laish.

There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.

He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

They named that place Bokim and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.

From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”

The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”

Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.

After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.

The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.

The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angelic messenger – he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.