“They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Judges 18 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.