Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider shall fall backward.

And the border of the sons of Dan went beyond these, because the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, dispossessed it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of their father Dan.

Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.

And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.

And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move upon him at the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

And the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

And the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had declared the riddle; thus his anger burned. And he went up to his father's house.

And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck a thousand men with it.

And Samson said, Let my soul die with the Philistines! And he pushed with all his might, and the house fell upon the rulers and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

And they took what Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;