Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
DAN. The territory in Canaan allotted to Dan was on the sea-coast, west of Benjamin and between Ephraim and Judah. It embraced a broad plain, 14 miles long, near the sea. The Amorites kept them from the plain and forced them into the mountains. Hence they had another portion granted them, near Mount Hermon, Jud 18, where they set up a graven image stolen from Micah. Dan, City of, the chief city of the northern district held by this tribe. Jud 20:1.
It was originally called Laish, Jud 18:29; noted for idolatry, Jud 18:30; now called Tel-el-Kady, or "mound of the judge," 3 miles from Banias, north of the waters of Merom. The Dan of Eze 27:19 is possibly the same as No. 2, but some identify it with Dedar, others with Aden, in Arabia.
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