47 When the territory of the Danites slipped out of their control,[a] they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem after[b] their ancestor Dan. 48 This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.

Joshua’s Inheritance

49 When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:47 Lit territory of the sons of Dan went out from them
  2. Joshua 19:47 Lit and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of

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