DAN (2)A city familiar as marking the northern limit of the land of Israel in the common phrase "from Dan even to Beer-sheba" (Judges 20:1 1 Samuel 3:20, etc.). Its ancient name was Laish or Leshem (Judges 18:7, etc.). It was probably an outlying settlement of Tyre of Sidon. Its inhabitants, pursuing the ends of peaceful traders, were defenseless against the... View Details
ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details
|judge,| a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory, also a place in Northern Israel
|God has helped,| the name of several Israelites
Jeroham [N] [H] [S] cherished; who finds mercy. Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:1 ). The father of Azareel, the "captain" of the tribe of Dan ( 1 Chronicles 27:22 ). 1 Chronicles 12:7 ; a Benjamite. 2 Chronicles 23:1 ; one whose son assisted in placing Joash on the thro... View Details