Joshua 19:47 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

And the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The territory of the tribe of Dan had to be extended [because of the crowding in of the Amorites and Philistines]; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and took it and smote it with the sword and possessed it and dwelt there, and they called Leshem (Laish) Dan after Dan their [forefather]. [Judg. 1:34; 18:7-10, 27.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought 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.

Common English Bible

But the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them. So the people of Dan went up and attacked Leshem and captured it. They struck it down without mercy. They took it over and settled it. Then they named Leshem as Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and there the last part is concluded. And the sons of Dan ascended and fought against Leshem, and they seized it. And they struck it with the mouth of the sword, and they possessed it, and they lived in it, calling it by the name of Leshem-Dan, according to the name of their father Dan.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it. And dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father.

Joshua 19:47 Cross References

2 Samuel 24:6

1 And David arose in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the seer of David, saying:

Deuteronomy 33:22

7 His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.

Joshua 19:46

1 These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they divided the land.

Joshua 19:48

Appoint cities of refuge, a of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: