“Dan shall achieve justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed he has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
When he saw how good a settled life was, and how pleasant the land, He bent his shoulder to the burden and became a toiling serf.
Let Dan be a serpent by the roadside, a horned viper by the path, That bites the horse’s heel, so that the rider tumbles backward.
Finally, as rear guard for all the camps, the divisional camp of the Danites set out, arranged in companies. Over its whole company was Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai,
Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s cub, that springs away from a viper!
There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children.
Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.