“These are the names
Of the tribes.
You will begin
At the northern border,
On the Hethlon road,
From Lebo-hamath,
As far as Hazar-enon,
The border
Of Damascus
With Hamath
To the north.
This will extend
From the east side
To the westside.
This shall be
One portion
Of Dan.”
According to Joshua, chapter 19, Dan had a small territory between Ephraim, Benjamin, and Judah. However, it was wiped out, so that they ended up with a small territory between Manasseh and Naphtali near the Syrian border. Thus, the tribe of Dan here gets this northern territory, close to Damascus. It was not clear how many from the tribe of Dan were still around.
