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Yadin, a line from <strong>the</strong> song <strong>of</strong> Deborah, running as follows:<br />
“And Dan, why did he remain in ships?”, preserves<br />
<strong>the</strong> memory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> precolonial stage in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
tribe <strong>of</strong> Dan. 245 At any rate, historical sources locate <strong>the</strong><br />
Danites on <strong>the</strong> coast between Asdod in <strong>the</strong> south and Dor<br />
in <strong>the</strong> north, 246 and more specifically situate <strong>the</strong> region <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>ir inheritance near Joppa. 247 In <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong> time, <strong>the</strong>n,<br />
<strong>the</strong> Danites expanded <strong>the</strong>ir territory to Zora and Eshtaol in<br />
<strong>the</strong> hinterland <strong>of</strong> Tel Qasile and Joppa, from where <strong>the</strong>y<br />
are recorded to have conquered Laish in <strong>the</strong> sphere <strong>of</strong> influence<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sidon to <strong>the</strong> north, <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong>y changed <strong>the</strong><br />
name into Dan. 248 This latter event may well be linked up<br />
with <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong> foundation layer <strong>of</strong> Tel Qasile (stratum<br />
XII) ends with a destruction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> site. 249<br />
245 Bible, Judges V, 17; Yadin in Best & Yadin 1973: 69.<br />
246 Josephus, Antiquities V, 87.<br />
247 Bible, Joshua XIX, 40-8.<br />
248 Bible, Judges XVIII, 1-31.<br />
249 Yadin in Best & Yadin 1973: 70.<br />
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