Joshua 19:47 - Easy To Read Version

⁴⁷ But the people of Dan had trouble taking their land. There were strong enemies there and the people of Dan could not easily defeat them. So the people of Dan went {to the northern part of Israel} and fought against Laish [68] They defeated Laish and killed the people who lived there. So the people of Dan lived in the town of Laish. They changed the name to Dan because that was the name of the father of their family group.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁷ 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

⁴⁷ 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)

⁴⁷ 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

⁴⁷ 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

⁴⁷ 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

⁴⁷ 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

Then they went {east} to Gilead, all the way to Tahtim Hodshi. Then they went {north} to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon.

Deuteronomy 33:22

Moses said this about Dan:

Joshua 19:46

Me Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area near Joppa.

Joshua 19:48

All of these cities and fields around them were given to the family group of Dan. Each family got its share of the land.