SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:47
Y les faltó término a los hijos de Dan; y subieron los hijos de Dan y combatieron a Lesem, y tomándola metiéronla a filo de espada, y la poseyeron, y habitaron en ella; y llamaron a Lesem, Dan, del nombre de Dan su padre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:47
Verse 47. Went out too little for them] This is certainly the meaning of the passage; but our translators have been obliged to add the words too little to make this sense apparent. Houbigant contends that an ancient copyist, meeting frequently with the words lwbgh axyw vaiyetse haggebul, in the preceding history, became so familiarized to them that he wrote them here instead of lwbgh Åayw vaiyaats haggebul, and the border of the children of Dan was STRAIT for them. It was on this account that they were obliged to go and fight against Leshem, and take and possess it, their former inheritance being too strait for their increasing population. And called Leshem, Dan] This city was situated near the origin of Jordan, at the utmost northern extremity of the promised land, as Beer-sheba was at that of the south; and as after its capture by the Danites it was called Dan, hence arose the expression from Dan even to Beer-sheba, which always signified the whole extent of the promised land. Some suppose that Leshem was the same with Caesarea Philippi, but others with reason reject this opinion. It must be granted that the whole account given in this verse refers indisputably to a fact which did not take place till after the death of Joshua. It is another of the marginal or explicative notes which were added by some later hand. The whole account of this expedition of the Danites against Leshem is circumstantially given in the book of Judges, and to that chapter the reader is referred.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 47. And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too little] for them , etc.] Being a very numerous tribe, the cities allotted them were not sufficient for them; or rather, leaving out the supplement “too little”, the words will run, it “went out from them”; they lost part of it, being driven out of the valley into the mountain by the Amorites, ( Judges 1:34,35); which obliged them to seek out elsewhere for habitations: therefore the children of Dan went out to fight against Leshem ; called Laish, ( Judges 18:1-31), where the whole story is related of their lighting against this place and taking it; which, though some time after the death of Joshua, is here recorded to give at once an account of the inheritance of Dan; and which is no argument against Joshua’s being the writer of this book, as is urged; since it might be inserted by another hand, Ezra, or some other inspired man, for the reason before given: and took and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it , and dwelt therein ; being a Canaanitish city, they put all in it to the sword, as the Lord had commanded, and took possession of it for an habitation: and called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their father ; this is the place which is always meant, where the phrase is used “from Dan to Beersheba”, ( Judges 20:1 1 Samuel 3:20 2 Samuel 3:10 17:11 24:2,15 1 Kings 4:25), this being at the utmost northern border of the land of Canaan, as Beersheba was at the further part of the southern coast of it. It was, according to Jerom f498 , situated near Paneas, out of which the river Jordan flowed; and Kimchi on the text observes, their Rabbins say, that Leshem is Pamias (i.e. Paneas), and that Jordan flows from the cave of Pamias, and had its name ˆdm ddwyç because it descended from Dan; and so Josephus says, that Panium is a cave under a mountain, from whence rise the springs of Jordan, and is the fountain of it; and Pliny also says f501 , the river Jordan rises out of the fountain Paneas. This city was enlarged and beautified by Philip Herod, and he called it by the name of Caesarea Philippi, both in honour of Tiberius Caesar and after his own name, by which name it goes in ( Matthew 16:13 Mark 8:27); and is called in the Jerusalem Targum on ( Genesis 14:14), Dan of Caesarea.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-51 - Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked an provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw the all placed, and herein is an example to all in public places, to prefe the common welfare before private advantage. Those who labour most to do good to others, seek an inheritance in the Canaan above: but it wil be soon enough to enter thereon, when they have done all the service to their brethren of which they are capable. Nor can any thing mor effectually assure them of their title to it, than endeavouring to bring others to desire, to seek, and to obtain it. Our Lord Jesus cam and dwelt on earth, not in pomp but poverty, providing rest for man yet himself not having where to lay his head; for Christ pleased no himself. Nor would he enter upon his inheritance, till by his obedienc to death he secured the eternal inheritance for all his people; no will he account his own glory completed, till every ransomed sinner is put in possession of his heavenly rest __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויצא 3318 גבול 1366 בני 1121 דן 1835 מהם 1992 ויעלו 5927 בני 1121 דן 1835 וילחמו 3898 עם 5973 לשׁם 3959 וילכדו 3920 אותה 853 ויכו 5221 אותה 853 לפי 6310 חרב 2719 וירשׁו 3423 אותה 853 וישׁבו 3427 בה ויקראו 7121 ללשׁם 3959 דן 1835 כשׁם 8034 דן 1835 אביהם׃ 1
