Judges 18:29 Meaning and Explanation
“And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.”
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Read Full Chapter →The Danites rename the conquered city Dan, after their ancestor, though it had been called Laish.
What Does Judges 18:29 Mean?
The Danites name their new city Dan, after the ancestor born to Israel, erasing the old name Laish. The city at Israel's far north now bears the tribal name and marks the boundary later remembered in the phrase 'from Dan to Beersheba.'
Naming the place after their father stamps the conquest as a lasting possession, yet it also fixes in the land a memorial of how it was gained. The new name covers the old, but the story beneath remains. Scripture preserves both names so the reader never forgets that this northern Dan was built on the ashes of a peaceful town, and that the past is not undone by renaming it.
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What does Judges 18:29 mean?
The Danites rename the conquered city Dan, after their ancestor, though it had been called Laish.