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Laish, Lish
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la'-ish (lion)
RELATED: Dan, Palti |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
a lion.
(1) A city of the Sidonians, in the extreme north of Palestine ( Judges
18:7 , 18:14
); called also Leshem ( Joshua
19:47 ) and Dan ( Judges
18:27 , 18:29
; Jeremiah
8:16 ). It lay near the sources of the Jordan, about 4 miles from Paneas.
The restless and warlike tribe of Dan (q.v.), looking out for larger possessions,
invaded this country and took Laish with its territory. It is identified with
the ruin Tell-el-Kady, "the mound of the judge," to the north of the Waters of
Merom ( Joshua
11:5 ).
(2) A place mentioned in Isaiah
10:30 . It has been supposed to be the modern el-Isawiyeh, about a mile north-east
of Jerusalem.
(3) The father of Phalti ( 1
Samuel 25:44 ).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
(no entry)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(lion) The city which was taken by the Danites, and under
its new name of Dan became famous as the northern limit of the nation. ( Judges
18:7 , 18:14
, 18:27
, 18:29
) [DAN] It was near the sources of the Jordan. In the Authorized Version Laish
is again mentioned in the account of Sennacheribs march on Jerusalem. ( Isaiah
10:30 ) This Laish is probably the small village Laishah, lying between Gallim
and Anathoth in Benjamin, and of which hitherto no traces have been found. (Fairbairns
"Imperial Bible Dictionary" suggests that it may be the present little village
el-Isawiyeh , in a beautiful valley a mile northeast of Jerusalem. --ED.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
la'-ish (layish):
(1) A city in the upper Jordan valley, apparently colonized by the Sidonians,
which was captured by the Danires and called DAN (which see) (Judges
18:7, etc.; Isaiah
10:30 the King James Version). In Joshua
19:47 the name appears as "Leshem."
(2) A Benjamite, father of Palti or Paltiel, to whom Michal, David's wife, was
given by Saul (1
Samuel 25:44; 2
Samuel 3:15).
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