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	THE BOOK OF JUDGES - A COMMENTARY
		Laish (Leshem - Joshua 19.47) was at the foot of Mount Hermon by the source of the River Jordan, on the northern borders of Israel.
		Having surveyed Laish and recognised that it was just what they were looking for they reported back to their tribe, who questioned them about what they had discovered.
		It is interesting that Laish means ‘a lion’ and that Dan was ‘a lion’s whelp’ (Deuteronomy 33.22) although the word for lion is different demonstrating that the two are not directly connected.
	www.angelfire.com /ok/bibleteaching/judges6.html (8306 words)

	Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Judges, Chapter XVIII]. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The people of Laish were careless, quiet, and secure, their gates left open, their walls out of repair, because under no apprehension of danger in any way, though their wickedness was so great that they had reason to fear divine vengeance every day.
		They were quiet and secure, not jealous of the five spies that had been among them to search out the land, nor had they any intelligence of the approach of this enemy, which made them a very easy prey to this little handful of men that came upon them, v.
		That the posterity of this Jonathan continued to act as priests to this family of Dan that was seated at Laish, and in the country about, till the captivity, v.
	www.ccel.org /h/henry/mhc2/MHC07018.HTM (4325 words)

	Laish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It lay near the sources of the Jordan, about 4 miles from Paneas.
		The restless and warlike tribe of Dan (q.v.), looking out for larger possessions, invaded this country and took Laish with its territory.
		It is identified with the ruin Tell-el-Kady, "the mound of the judge," to the north of the Waters of Merom (Josh.
	www.biblelearn.com /east2230.htm (84 words)

	Zorah - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Five spies from Zorah and Eshtaol were sent out to find a land suitable for the tribe of Dan, because they had been unable to drive out the Philistines who occupied their tribal territory.
		They found a peaceful place at Laish, a town in northern Israel near the foot of Mount Hermon on one of the sources of the Jordan River.
		Laish was taken and renamed Dan (Judg 18:1-29).
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/zorah.htm (331 words)

	Tel Dan
		It was populated between 2700 and 2400 B.C.E. In the eighteenth century B.C.E., during the middle Canaanite period, a tremendous earth dike surrounded the city, protecting it for centuries.
		This is the city of Laish, which members of the tribe Dan captured for their homeland.
		One of the fascinating finds from Tel Dan is a piece of a fossilized tablet from the second half of the ninth century B.C.E. Carved onto it is an inscription of Hazael, King of Damascus, boasting of his victory over the King of Israel of the House of David.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/noar/sites/teldan.htm (1256 words)

	Judges 18 - Micah's Idolatry and the Migration of the Tribe of Dan
		For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good: Seeing that the land was good and the city was not heavily defended, the Danites believed this would be a good city to conquer and take as their own territory.
		So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
		And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel.
	www.enduringword.com /commentaries/0718.htm (1883 words)

	BRI/TIM - The Bible - The King James Version - Judges 18
		And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
		And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first.
		And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
	www.tims.net /bible/Kjv/judges-18.htm (929 words)

	Sad passing of Israeli Music and dance icon, Naomi Shemer z''l
		Kibbutz secretary Niv Laish said they intended to turn the building and one of the nearby original homes into a living museum to commemorate and perpetuate the memory of Shemer and the heritage of Hebrew song.
		Laish told the "Jerusalem Post" that the children on the kibbutz devoted morning studies to the Shemer, her songs and love of the land as expressed in her lyrics, that everyone had grown up with in the country and Kibbutz Kinneret and the nearby moshava in particular.
		Ziva Laish recalled their joint days in the army and how Naomi did not fit the then IDF norms and how Rivka had asked her to look after her daughter for those very reasons.
	homepage.mac.com /lesposen/iblog/B520512466/C1639561226/E774468236 (1373 words)

	Dan: The Biblical City
		Every year since 1966, large areas have been excavated; the discoveries are of special importance for understanding the biblical narrative which repeatedly mentions the city of Dan.
		During the Canaanite period the city was known by the name Leshem (Joshua 19:47) or Laish (Judges 18:29).
		During the 18th century BCE, Laish was fortified with huge man-made earthen embankments which created ramparts encircling the entire city.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Archaeology/dan.html (1269 words)

	Love The Lord Judges Lesson 20
		They are now dead, and these cruel men of Dan have taken over their city, and rebuilt it.
		Judges 18:29 "And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first." This is speaking of the new city that they built on the sight of the old city.
		Laish was named Dan for the ancestor their tribe was named for.
	www.lovethelord.com /books/judges/20.html (1809 words)

	The Word of God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
		They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.
		The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
	kissfm925.com /bible/Judges/18.html (1031 words)

	txts-laish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(Judges 18:14) Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image?
		(Judges 18:27) Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire.
		(Judges 18:29) They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born in Israel; however, the name of the city formerly was Laish.
	www.dabar.org /Israel/TelDan/txts-laish.html (115 words)

	Canaans of the Past
		We also hope that you will be able to discern, from the photos, the consistency in type over the generations that we have always aimed for, in our dedication to preserving the Canaan Dog as he has been for thousands of years.
		Orna Beit Elron were among the first champions of the breed, and some of the first offspring of Laish, out of a lovely wild born bitch, Yekutiella me Yerushalayim.
		Aside from being a show winner, she was an obedience dog, appearing in demonstrations and competitions of the obedience club.
	www.geocities.com /shaarhagai/canaanspast.html (1636 words)

	Judges 18 / Hebrew Bible in English / Mechon-Mamre
		And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah: 'What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?' 24 And he said: 'Ye have taken away my god which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more?
		27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
		29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
	www.mechon-mamre.org /e/et/et0718.htm (625 words)

	SAB, Judges 18
		18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?
		18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
		18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
	www.skepticsannotatedbible.com /jg/18.html (918 words)

	A Metaphorical Etiology in Judges 18:12
		The Danites ultimately conquer the city of Laish, essentially banish its inhabitants, and establish Micah's cult as their own after rebuilding the city and renaming it Dan.
		They unapologetically steal Micah's idols in the Ephraim hill country; they brutally conquer the peaceful city of Laish in the extreme northeast of the country, and establish Micah's cult as their own in the rebuilt and renamed city of Dan.
		They smite Laish with the edge of the sword and burn the city with fire.
	www.arts.ualberta.ca /JHS/Articles/article_17.htm (2469 words)

	Dan - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Located near the southwestern slopes of Mount Hermon, Dan was an ancient Canaanite city originally known as Laish (Judg 18:29) or Leshem (Judg 19:47).
		The tribe of Dan migrated to the area during the early days of the Judges era, took the city, and gave it their tribal name.
		Not all the tribe of Dan migrated to Laish.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/dan.htm (386 words)

	Excerpts from "The Age of Reason" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The place that is called Dan in the Bible was originally a town of the Gentiles, called Laish; and when the tribe of Dan seized upon this town, they changed its name to Dan, in commemoration of Dan, who was the father of that tribe, and the great grandson of Abraham.
		This account of the Danites taking possession of Laish and changing it to Dan, is placed in the book of Judges immediately after the death of Samson.
		The death of Samson is said to have happened B.C. 1120 and that of Moses B.C. 1451; and, therefore, according to the historical arrangement, the place was not called Dan till 331 years after the death of Moses.
	www.thetruthshall.com /Excerpts.htm (4185 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The northern city Laish, now called Dan, by the tribe of Dan, was about thirty miles inland from the ancient busy port of Tyre.
		Thus the ancient Danites must of had frequent contacts with the people of Tyre, which was in fact occupied by their brethren the tribe of Asher, see Joshua 19:29.
		In the 1200's B.C., before Dan went to Laish, in a song commemorating a great Israelite victory, the Judge Deborah lamented that during the battle, the "men of Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan [River], and [asked] why DAN REMAINED IN SHIPS?" (Judges 5:17).
	www.british-israel.ca /Dan.htm (1557 words)

	The Secret of Baalbek
		came unto Laish, unto a people who were quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
		Next to it was the city of Laish, and the Danites burned the city and then erected there a new city, Dan.
		After having spied the place of Laish, they returned to their tribe that dwelt in the hilly borderland of Zarah, and with six hundred warriors went to the north.
	www.varchive.org /ce/baalbek/baalbek.htm (6573 words)

	USCCB - NAB - Judges 18
		Having taken what Micah had made, and the priest he had had, they attacked Laish, a quiet and trusting people; they put them to the sword and destroyed their city by fire.
		No one came to their aid, since the city was far from Sidon and they had no contact with other people.
		The Danites set up the carved idol for themselves, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants were priests for the tribe of the Danites until the time of the captivity of the land.
	www.nccbuscc.org /nab/bible/judges/judges18.htm (989 words)

	The Destruction of Laish
		So the five men left and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, unsuspecting and secure.
		Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a peaceful and unsuspecting people.
		The Danites destroy Laish, a "peaceful and unsuspecting people" that is isolated and thus unable to receive aid
	www.rationalchristianity.net /laish.html (533 words)

	BBE Bible - Judges 18
		18:7 Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.
		18:27 And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.
		18:29 And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.
	www.godrules.net /library/bbe/bbejud18.htm (955 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Arrow in the Dust : Plot
		Deserting cavalry trooper Bart Laish (Sterling Hayden) is forced by a series of circumstances to assume the identity of his dead commanding officer.
		At first intending to weasel out of the responsibility, Laish eventually takes his duties seriously, and in so doing he restores his own innate courage and self-respect.
		Alas, he is undermined by duplicitous Tillotson (Tudor Owen), who intends to betray his fellow passengers and sell guns to the Indians.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/51582/plot.jhtml (169 words)

	Judg. 18
		And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
		¶ Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?
		And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at
	scriptures.lds.org /judg/18 (1015 words)

	Judges 18
		7 The five men went on, and when they came to Laish, they observed the people who were there living securely, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking
		27 The Danites, having taken what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, put them to the sword, and burned down the city.
		They named the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was formerly Laish.
	www.hope.edu /academic/religion/bandstra/BIBLE/JDG/JDG18.HTM (967 words)

	World English Bible - Youth Encounter
		14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image?
		27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
		29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.
	www.youthencounter.org /resources/bible?a=1&b=7&c=18 (884 words)

	Tribal Identification: Dan
		a type of precious stone (maybe amber) while "laish" means a young male lion.
		event and that Leshem and Laish are variations of the same name.
		Laish "was in the valley that lieth by Beth Rehob" (Judges 18).
	www.britam.org /DAN.htm (2270 words)

	The Significance of 318 Gen. 14:14-17
		luwsh, loosh, a root, to knead, or kneading, in the sense of crushing, a lion (from his destructive blows), (old) lion, the name of two places in Palestine, Laish.
		Laish is a city in the upper Jordan Valley, captured by Danites and renamed Dan (Judg.
		Laish in the KJV and NEB of Isaiah 10:30 is Laishah in other versions (e.g., NASB, NIV).
	www.mazzaroth.com /ChapterFour/SignificanceOf318.htm (1044 words)

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