Study it in the app“And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.”
And the sonsבְּנֵיof Danדָןset upוַיָּקִימוּfor themselvesלָהֶםthe carved image;אֶת הַפָּסֶלand Jonathanוִיהוֹנָתָןsonבֶּןof Gershom,גֵּרְשֹׁםsonבֶּןof Manasseh,מְנַשֶּׁהheהוּאand his sonsוּבָנָיוwereהָיוּpriestsכֹהֲנִיםto the tribeלְשֵׁבֶטof the Danitesהַדָּנִיuntilעַדthe dayיוֹםof the exileגְּלוֹתof the land.הָאָרֶץ
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsDan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yakimu” appearscarved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pasel” appearsJonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yhonatan” appearsGershom
Gershom, the elder son of Moses; his name sounds like "a stranger there". Other men also bore it, among them a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16).
Where else “gershom” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “chohanim” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsDanite
Danite: a person of the tribe of Dan.
Where else “dani” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “gelot” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsThe Hebrew text writes “Manasseh” with one letter (the n) suspended above the line; without that letter it reads “Moses,” who had a son named Gershom (Exodus 2:22). It is a fact of the manuscript; here it is left as written.
Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; but Laish was the name of the city formerly.
30 · This verse (above)
31So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image that he had made, all the days that the house of Elohim was in Shiloh.
