dan-jaan Summary and Overview

woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan, near the sources of the Jordan (2 Sam. 24:6). The LXX. and the Vulgate read "Dan-ja'ar", i.e., "Dan in the forest."

(Danian, i.e. belonging to Dan). #2Sa 24:6| Probably the same as DAN.

DAN-JA'AN . 2 Sam 24:6. Probably Danian, a ruin north of Achzib.

2 Samuel 24:6. Visited by Joab in taking the census for David; lying on the route between Gilead and Zidon. Septuagint and Vulgate read "Dan in the wood" (Dan-jaar), corresponding to the country about Tel-el-Kady. Baal-jaan, a Phoenician god's name, is found upon coins. The Dan forming the northern bound of Israel at the sources of the Jordan is probably meant.