[19:40] The seventh assignment made was for the families of the tribe of Dan.
[19:41] Its area included Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
[19:42] Shaalbim, Aijalon, Ithlah,
[19:43] Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
[19:44] Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
[19:45] Jehud, Beneberak, Gathrimmon,
[19:46] Mejarkon, and Rakkon, as well as the territory around Joppa.
[19:47] When the people of Dan lost their land, they went to Laish and attacked it. They captured it, killed its people, and claimed it for themselves. They settled there and changed the name of the city from Laish to Dan, naming it after their ancestor Dan.
[19:48] These cities and their towns were in the land which the families of the tribe of Dan received as their possession.