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Joshua 19:47 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Joshua 19:47 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 19 verse 47 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Joshua 19:47 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them—The tragedy: Dan found their inheritance insufficient. Rather than trust God and fight, 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. They conquered Leshem (also called Laish), dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.This explains Dan's abandonment of their God-given land for self-chosen territory. Judges 18 details their violence, theft of Micah's idol, and establishment of apostate worship. When God's provision seem...
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Cross-References for Joshua 19:47
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“And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:”
“In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.”