The Western Coastal Frontier of Dans Tribal Inheritance at Me-jarkon Rakkon and Joppa

Joshua 19:40-46 catalogs Dan's tribal allotment in the western foothills and coastal plain: "And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh... And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho." The allotment ran from the Aijalon Valley west to the Mediterranean near Joppa. Dan's inability to hold the contested coastal frontier against Philistine pressure eventually drove the tribe to migrate north to Laish in upper Galilee (Joshua 19:47; Judges 18).

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