<p class="poetry">Gilead stayed put<n id="1" /> beyond the Jordan River.p> <p class="poetry">As for Dan &#8211; why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Asher remained<n id="3" /> on the seacoast,p> <p class="poetry">he stayed<n id="4" /> by his harbors.<n id="5" />p>

After they had gone a good distance from Micah&#8217;s house, Micah&#8217;s neighbors<n id="1" /> gathered together and caught up with the Danites.

The Danites said to him, &#8220;Don&#8217;t say another word to us, or some very angry men<n id="1" /> will attack you, and you and your family will die.&#8221;<n id="2" />

The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized<n id="1" /> they were too strong to resist,<n id="2" /> he turned around and went home.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba<n id="1" /> and from the land of Gilead<n id="2" /> left their homes<n id="3" /> and assembled together<n id="4" /> before the <sc>Lordsc> at Mizpah.

namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.

All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon&#8217;s lifetime.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">The snorting of the enemy&#8217;s horsesp> <p class="poetry">is already being heard in the city of Dan.p> <p class="poetry">The sound of the neighing of their stallions<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">causes the whole land to tremble with fear.p> <p class="poetry">They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it!p> <p class="poetry">They are coming to destroy<n id="2" /> the cities and everyone who lives in them!&#8221;p>

On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

These are the ones who now take oaths<n id="1" /> in the name of the sinful idol goddess<n id="2" /> of Samaria.p> <p class="poetry">They vow,<n id="3" /> &#8216;As surely as your god<n id="4" /> lives, O Dan,&#8217; or &#8216;As surely as your beloved one<n id="5" /> lives, O Beer Sheba!&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">But they will fall down and not get up again.&#8221;p>

Moreover,<n id="1" /> I have also given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given ability to all the specially skilled,<n id="2" /> that they may make<n id="3" /> everything I have commanded you:

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> showed him the whole land &#8211; Gilead to Dan,

The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives,<n id="1" /> capable men<n id="2" /> from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, &#8220;Go, explore the land.&#8221; They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah&#8217;s house.<n id="3" />

The Danites worshiped<n id="1" /> the carved image. Jonathan, descendant<n id="2" /> of Gershom, son of Moses,<n id="3" /> and his descendants<n id="4" /> served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba &#8211; in number like the sand by the sea! &#8211; be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.

The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, &#8220;Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel<n id="1" /> and Dan.<n id="2" />

David told Joab and the leaders of the army,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Go, count the number of warriors<n id="2" /> from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Ben Hadad accepted King Asa&#8217;s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel.<n id="1" /> They conquered<n id="2" /> Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim,<n id="3" /> and all the storage cities of Naphtali.