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46 the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa. 47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory,[a] so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it[b] Dan after their ancestor.[c]) 48 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan[d] by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:47 tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”
  2. Joshua 19:47 tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. Joshua 19:47 tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”
  4. Joshua 19:48 tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan.”