DAN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, near the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan, inhabited before its See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest by the Danites by a peaceful commercial See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population who called their See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city Laish or Leshem (Josh. xix . 47, Judg. xviii.) . It appears to have been even at this See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period a sacred city, the See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine of See also:

• MICAH
• MICAH (r )

Micah being removed hither, and it was chosen by See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

Jeroboam as the site of one of his See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

calf-shrines . It makes the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north limit of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine in the proverbial expression " from Dan to See also:

• BEERSHEBA

Beersheba." The town was plundered by Benhadad of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus, and appears from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to have gradually declined . Its site is sought in the See also:

• MOUND

mound called Tell-el-Kadi, " the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill of the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge " (Dan=" judge " in See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew), though weighty authorities incline to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place it 4 M. See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of this, at Banias, the old Caesarea See also:

• PHILIPPI (Turk. Filibejik)

Philippi .