Dan, you are the tribe that will bring justice to Israel.
Rachel named him Dan, because she said, “God has answered my prayers. He has judged me and given me a son.”
You found them so pleasant that you worked too hard and became a slave.
You are a snake that bites the heel of a horse, making its rider fall.
Dan and the tribes that camped beside it were to protect the Israelites against an attack from behind, and so they marched last, carrying their banner. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was the leader of the tribe of Dan,
Tribe of Dan, you are like a lion cub, startled by a snake.
Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was not able to have children,
Samson was a leader of Israel for twenty years, but the Philistines were still the rulers of Israel.