48 “These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside ^(A)the way of Hethlon ^(B)to Lebo-hamath, as far as ^(C)Hazar-enan (which is on the northern border of ^(D)Damascus over against Hamath), and extending^[a] from the east side to the west,^{[b] (E)}Dan, one portion.

¹⁵ “This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from ^(A)the Great Sea ^(B)by way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, and on to ^(C)Zedad,^{[a] 16 (D)}Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between ^(E)Damascus and ^(F)Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. ¹⁷ So the boundary shall run from the sea to ^(G)Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north.^[b] This shall be the north side.^[c]

The Inheritance for Dan

⁴⁰ The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans. ⁴¹ And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, ^42 (A)Shaalabbin, ^(B)Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, ⁴⁶ and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against ^(C)Joppa. ⁴⁷ When ^(D)the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

⁴ And ^(A)I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

^15 (A)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ^(B)do you begrudge my generosity?’^{[a] 16} So ^(C)the last will be first, and the first last.”

²⁰ “On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point ^(A)opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.

²⁸ So the king took counsel and ^(A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. ^(B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” ²⁹ And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

² So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army,^[a] who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, ^(A)from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

²⁶ Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.

²⁷ But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people ^(A)quiet and unsuspecting, and ^(B)struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. ²⁸ And there was no deliverer because it was ^(C)far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to ^(D)Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it. ²⁹ And they named the city ^(E)Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but ^(F)the name of the city was Laish at the first.