Dan

Name means “judgment; he that judges”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Dan, judgment; he that judges”

First named: Genesis 14:14

Town Canaan Israel Judges

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The northernmost town of Israel's territory, giving rise to the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" for the land's full extent; Jeroboam later set up one of his two idolatrous golden calves there (1 Kings 12:29-30).

References: Genesis 14:14

People connected to Dan

Jonathan (M) — the wandering Levite who became priest for the tribe's idol here
Judges 18:30
Micah (M) — the Ephraimite whose stolen idol and hired priest the Danites carried off and set up here
Judges 18:27-31

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