Joshua 19:48

Ver. 48. This is the inheritance of—Dan, &c.— The Danites mustered 64,400 men of war in the numbering which was made of the tribes in the plains of Moab; Numbers 26:43. The tribe of Judah only exceeded them. They found themselves, however, placed in a country which seemed very narrow, in comparison of that which was occupied by less numerous tribes; but, not to mention that the Danites could not take the whole territory which had been given them, Joshua 18:1 and that the Philistines on the one hand, and the Amorites on the other, stood their ground, we are to consider that their country was very fruitful, and so conveniently situated within reach of the sea, as to afford them the advantages of commerce; of which we learn from Joshua 5:7 they failed not to make a proper use. Samson, the scourge of the Philistines, was of this tribe.