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  2. Tribe of Dan - Wikipedia

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    The Tribe of Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah.According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Judah and the Philistines but migrated north due to pressure of their enemies, settling at Laish (later known as Dan), near Mount Hermon.

  3. Dan people - Wikipedia

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    Honorary chief titles can be given to non-tribe members who have assisted the tribe in charitable means. For example, U.S. Diplomat, John F. Moss (working for VOA), was bestowed by a Dan tribe in Liberia as an honorary chief after he commissioned a bulldozer to help them build a road through the jungle.

  4. Dan (ancient city) - Wikipedia

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    Dan (Hebrew: דן) is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, [1] and belonging to the tribe of Dan, its namesake. It was later the site of a royal sanctuary built by Jeroboam .

  5. Dan (son of Jacob) - Wikipedia

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    In the Blessing of Jacob, Dan is described as a serpent, which seems to have been interpreted as connecting Dan to Belial, [5] a connection made, for example, in the apocryphal Testament of Dan. [10] Early Christian writers, such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus, even believed that the Antichrist would come from the Tribe of Dan. [11] [12]

  6. Twelve Tribes of Israel - Wikipedia

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    The Tribes of Dan; Gad; Asher and Naphtali: Ethiopian Jews, also known as Beta Israel, claim descent from the Tribe of Dan, whose members migrated south along with members of the tribes of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali, into the Kingdom of Kush, now Ethiopia and Sudan, [27] during the destruction of the First Temple.

  7. Category:Tribe of Dan - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Tribe of Dan and its recorded members and descendants. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. Samson (2 C, 17 P)

  8. Eldad ha-Dani - Wikipedia

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    He states the tribe of Simeon is the most numerous of all the tribes. [3]: 8–9 The tribe of Dan emigrated to the land of gold, Havilah (Kush), shortly after the separation of Judah and Israel. The tribes of Naphtali, Gad, and Asher joined the Danites later.

  9. Dan (name) - Wikipedia

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    As an English surname, Dan is a variant spelling of Dann. [2] Dann, another variant spelling of which is Dane, is a toponymic surname which originates from the Middle English dene and Old English denu, "valley". [3] The Hebrew surname Dan (Hebrew: דן) is a biblical name which refers to the tribe of Dan. As a given name it first appears in ...